How did a country once so united split in two? Why did the South feel
that the North threatened their traditions and livelihood? Why did the
North only want to fight in the South's territory? From the campaign for
emancipation to the brutal battlefield, The U.S. Civil War: Why They
Fought reveals the motivations behind the U.S. Civil War from all sides.
Go beyond names and dates and ask: what were they fight for?