The New York Times complete Civil War, 1861-1865 / edited by Harold Holzer & Craig L. Symonds ; foreword by Bill Clinton.

Publisher: New York : Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers : Distributed by Workman Pub., c2010.

ISBN: 9781579128456 (hbk.)
1579128459 (hbk.)

Description: 510 p. : ill., maps ; 31 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

Subject: United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Sources.
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives.
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Press coverage.
New York (N.Y.) History Civil War, 1861-1865 Press coverage.

Notes: Accompanying CD-ROM includes all of the New York Times articles published during the Civil War.

Contents: "The question of freedom or slavery : the coming of the Civil War", 1850-1860 -- "The approaching triumph of Mr. Lincoln" : May-November 1860 -- "The momentous issue of Civil War" : December 1860-March 1861 -- "The excitement has been intense" : April-May 1861 -- "The greatest battle ever fought on this continent" : June-July 1861 -- "What we are fighting for" : August-October, 1861 -- "The darkest and gloomiest year" : November 1861-January 1862 -- "The iron gunboats have settled the question" : February-March 1862 -- "Operations seem everywhere to have come almost to a dead halt" : April-May 1862 --"In front of Richmond" : June-July 1862 -- "Removing that dreadful evil" : August-October 1862 -- "A people suffering fearfully" : November 1862-January 1863 -- "If we win a battle" : February-April 1863 -- "A terrific crash of musketry" : May-June 1863 --
"An action of gigantic magnitude" : July 1863 -- "A desperate engagement" : August-September 1863 -- "The shock of battle" : October-November 1863 -- "By renouncing their treason" : December 1863-February 1864 -- "Gen. Grant and staff arrived here to-day" : March-April 1864 -- "We are going on to Richmond, depend upon it" : May 1864 -- "Fighting has been going on nearly all day" : June-July 1864 -- "There is no security from danger" : August-September 1864 -- "The very life of the nation is at stake" : October-December 1864 -- "No such thing as compromise" : January-February 1865 -- "The great struggle is over" : March-April 1865 -- "This hour of mourning and of gloom" : April-May 1865 -- "What is to be done with the negro?" : The era of Reconstruction, 1865-1877 -- The New York Times chronology of the Civil War.