... attacked the south before the war started. Music and Literature was as important in influencing people's feelings before the Civil War as it is today. Books like Uncle Tom's Cabin and Cannibals All really affected the view of our nation's people. Uncle Tom's Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe, illustrates ... The Union was still a long way off from victory. There is conflicting evidence to say which event was the turning point in the war. Some books say it was the battle of Antietam; others, the siege at Vicksburg. September 17, 1862 was the bloodiest day in American history, bloodier than ...

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