Excerpt from The Civil War: A Guide for Teachers The Civil War as a hobby or a life work has long attracted as many divers elements of American society as were engaged in the war itself. Today, scholars and laymen, young and old, rich and poor, have armed themselves with books and maps for retrospective participation in the Civil War. Regardless of an individual's age, education, personality, or talent, there is some aspect of the Civil War that will interest him. The teacher has a unique opportunity to stimulate young minds when he presents a unit of Civil War history to his students. In addi tion to imparting the historical facts, he can emphasize the valuable moral lessons to be learned from a study of the Civil War period. Participants in the war fought for the ideals they believed in - the rights of man and the cause of freedom. The ultimate triumph of democracy and the preservation of national unity inspire meaningful pride and patriotism. The Civil War story therefore serves as a splendid example that patriotism and belief in national principles are admirable qualities - as important today as they were one hundred years ago. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.