Ordeal of the Union, an eight-volume set (published 1947–1971) on the American Civil War by Allan Nevins, is one of the author's greatest works, ending only with his death. The individual books are:
- Fruits of Manifest Destiny, 1847–1852
- A House Dividing, 1852–1857
- Douglas, Buchanan, and Party Chaos, 1857–1859
- Prologue to Civil War, 1859–1861
- The Improvised War, 1861–1862
- War Becomes Revolution, 1862–1863
- The Organized War, 1863–1864
- The Organized War to Victory, 1864–1865
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