[Loud Mime]

Thank You - - very much - - for all the information and recommendations.

The response from all of you has amazed me.

I didn’t know of the museum. I’ll look into it.

[PeaRidge]

I believe I saw that you said you would like to look at the war from before the beginning.......then I would suggest a little reading in the “Federalist Papers” and a little from John C. Calhoun.

Good reading in preparation would be “Southern Wealth and Northern Profits” by economist Thomas Kettell, a book written just before the war began with an emphasis on the financial relationship of the two sections.
Then, as the prelude to the beginning of the war, I would heartily suggest “Allegiance” by David Detzer.

If you only have time for one, I would strongly recommend “Days of Defiance” by Maury Klein, who I think is one of the best American historians.