Legacy of Disunion
Grant, Susan Mary / Parish, Peter J
Transatlantic views on the consequences of the central event in American history The conviction that the American Civil War left a massive legacy to the country has generally been much clearer than the definition of what that legacy is. Did the war, as Ulysses S. Grant believed, bequeath power, intelligence, and sectional harmony to America, or did it, as many have argued since, sow racial and regional bitterness that has blighted the nation s...