Ordeal of the Union, an 8-volume set (published 1947-1971) on the United States Civil War by Allan Nevins, is one of the author's greatest works, ending only with his death. The individual books are:

1. Fruits of Manifest Destiny, 1847-1852
2. A House Dividing, 1852-1857
3. Douglas, Buchanan, and Party Chaos, 1857-1859
4. Prologue to Civil War, 1859-1861
5. The Improvised War, 1861-1862
6. War Becomes Revolution, 1862-1863
7. The Organized War, 1863-1864
8. The Organized War to Victory, 1864-1865

External links

• A cornucopia of reviews and papers on these books