History Of The Civil War, 18611865 eBook

A History of the Civil War, 1861–1865 is a history book byJames Ford Rhodes. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Historyin 1918. The book is about theAmerican Civil War.

James Ford Rhodes(May 1, 1848 – January 22, 1927), was an American industrialist and historian born in Cleveland, Ohio. After earning a fortune in the iron, coal, and steel industries by 1885, he retired from business to devote time to historical research. He wrote a seven-volume history of the United States from 1850, initially published from 1893 to 1906 with an eighth volume added in 1920. Another book,A History of the Civil War, 1861–1865 (1918), won the second-everPulitzer Prize for History.