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How did a nation "conceived in liberty" become ensnared in a devastating civil war over the issue of slavery? Slavery tested the American constitutional system as nothing ever has, and every part of the political order - the Congress, the Presidency, the Supreme Court, and the state governments - failed to find an acceptable or peaceful solution. The Civil War and its aftermath, in the eyes of many contemporaries and many historians, fundamentally transformed the American system of government

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Journey with us through these and many other issues.

Introduction
Yankee Supporters in Shiloh, Tennessee?
Charleston: A Political Powder Keg
An Island in a Sea of Guerrilla War
A Mother's Prayers
From Defeat Comes Victory