Abraham Lincoln and the Virtues of War: How Civil War Families Challenged and Transformed Our National Values

This study introduces a new perspective on Lincoln and the Civil War through an examination of his declaration of our national values and the subsequent interpretation of those values by families during the war.• Takes a new approach to the study of the Civil War as it connects Lincoln to families' assessment of their own and national virtues• Provides a unique viewpoint on Lincoln's virtues derived from his important Independence Hall speech• Shows how virtue helped to coalesce families into one unified nation• Is enlivened by short biographical pieces in every chapter