April 1865: The Month That Saved America

History of the U.S. Confederacy

Author: Jay Winik

The New York Times bestselling chronicle of the Civil War’s final days that will forever change the way we see the war’s end and the nation’s new beginning.It was a month that could have unravelled the American nation. Instead, it saved it. In April 1865, Jay Winik masterfully breathes new life into the end of a war and the events we only thought we knew. This gripping, pa….Read More

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