Haskins J. The Day Fort Sumter Was Fired On: A Photo History of the Civil War

Scholastic, 1995. — 100 p.This book gives a pretty good recounting of the Civil War, albeit an overview in 90+ pages, for one to read.I felt as though the beginnings of the war, namely the states' rights issues, could have been made a bit more clearly. While later on in the book a passage noted the change as the war progressed from states' rights to the issue of slavery, the reader was not well-served with the transition given the lack of detail at the beginning of the book.Lots of photographs and a good explanation as to how this was the first "modern" war given the technological advances. It was also the first war the media covered and how it fought for access.The more one studies history, the more he understands that all those stalwarts were men just as we are. Lincoln had the Emancipation Proclamation written for months and was just looking for the opportune time in which to make the address. The Battle of Atlanta, while decisive, was also political in that it assured Lincoln reelection after Richmond failed upon his orders.