American Service Men and Women Tell Their Stories of Survival Show 30 with Host Pamela Clark - The Civil War (Episode 9)

In this podcast, Pamela discusses and shares stories of survival from American service men and women.   In this episode, Pamela discusses stories about the American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names), which was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South").The South was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union to preserve African American slavery, which they saw as threatened because of the election of Abraham Lincoln and the growing abolitionist movement in the North.Pamela is reading from "The 19th-Century American"Chapters 16, 17 and 18http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2001.05.0031%3Achapter%3D17Radio.NewHeightsEducation.orgInfo@NewHeightsEducation.orgBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/new-heights-show-on-education--4114185/support.