Аннотация:Prologue: from the halls of Montezuma. The United States of midcentury Mexico will poison us an empire for slavery slavery, rum and Romanism the crime against Kansas mudsills and greasy mechanics for A. Lincoln the revolution of 1860 the counterrevolution of 1861 facing both ways - the upper south's dilemma amateurs go to war farewell to the 90 Days' War blockade and beachead - the Salt-Water War, 1861-1862 the River War in 1862 the sinews of war Billy Yank's chickhominy blues we must free the slaves or be ourselves subdued carry me back to Old Virginny John Bull's Virgina Reel three rivers in winter, 1862-1863 fire in the rear long remember - the summer of '63 Johnny Reb's Chattanooga Blues when this cruel war is over if it takes all summer after four years of failure we are going to be wiped off the Earth South Carolina must be destroyed we are all Americans. Epilogue: to the shoals of victory.
