**A History of the Civil War, 1861–1865** is a history book by **James Ford Rhodes**. It won the **Pulitzer Prize for History** in 1918. The book is about the **American Civil War**.
**James Ford Rhodes** (May 1, 1848 – January 22, 1927), was an American industrialist and historian born in Cleveland, Ohio. After earning a fortune in the iron, coal, and steel industries by 1885, he retired from business to devote time to historical research. He wrote a seven-volume history of the United States from 1850, initially published from 1893 to 1906 with an eighth volume added in 1920. Another book, **A History of the Civil War, 1861–1865** (1918), won the second-ever **Pulitzer Prize for History**.