A Youth's History of the Great Civil War in the United States From 1861 to 1865Despite its title, this book is not for exclusively for youngsters. Written by a Northern Democrat from New York City, this is one of the most extensive overviews of American history to be produced in the Nineteenth Century. In forty eight short and easy to read chapters, the author discloses the decades old conspiracy to convert the political system of the United States from a republic of sovereign States into a centralized despotism, beginning with