Download or read book The Civil War written by Zachary A. Kent and published by Enslow Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Civil War, the bloodiest conflict in American history, forced neighbor to fight neighbor and brother to fight brother. More Americans lost their lives in this conflict than in any other war. From the hallowed battlefield at Gettysburg to the surrender at Appomattox, author Zachary Kent explores this pivotal time in American history, when a nation on the brink of destruction was reunited and permanently rid of slavery.