Summary: Chapter6 (Short version)
Page 1: Approaching storm
The political balance between southern 'slave' states and northern 'free' states has held rock steady for 60 years, but falters after the acquisition of additional western lands
Page 2: Border States are the Key
As pro- and anti-slavery sentiments harden, states in the middle are up for grabs, feeling kinship with southern neighbors, but without dependence upon slaves for economic survival
Page 3: The Voters Decide
With the pro-slavery vote split between three candidates, and most border states remaining neutral, Abraham Lincoln wins the presidency, delivering a crushing blow to southern hopes
Page 4: Virginia Breaks Away
When the key border state of Virginia sides with the Confederacy, all hopes for an early end to the standoff evaporate, while the South wins a decisive victory in the first battle
Page 5: The Real Fight Begins
As both sides rush to enlist volunteers, the North can barley contain a talented and daring Rebel leader in the east, while Union forces fare better in the west
Page 6: First-ever War Photos
Lincoln frees southern slaves, while the struggle continues between a well-supplied northern army, and a smaller, determined southern force defending high ground, protected by rivers
Page 7: High-water mark for the South
After brilliant success at Chancellorsville, Lee bets it all on an invasion of the north, but is turned away with crippling losses at Gettysburg
Page 8: Warships and Predators
With most of its ports bottled up by blockade, the south takes to the high seas to inflict wide-ranging damage to northern shipping, while the first battle of ironclads is a draw
Page 9: Confederate Hopes Fading
Grant and Lee slug it out with little result in Virginia, while Sherman burns Atlanta, and faces dwindling resistance on his March to the Sea
Page 10: Starved Confederacy Collapses
Cut off from supplies and reinforcement, Lee is forced to surrender his starving army, while Richmond and Charleston burn
Page 11: Scenes of War
The camera captures the lives of troops, wagon trains, and the paraphernalia of war
Page 12: Living Through the Chaos
Far from the fighting, scenes of life in southern cities is captured on film
Page 13: Caught up in War
Soldiers do what they must, until peace is restored
Page 14: Pre-Industrial Technology on Display
Photographs reveal the final days of pre-industrial America, with wooden bridges, wood-burning locomotives, aqueducts and cable-drawn horse ferries