After four years of fighting, the Union was restored through the force of arms. The problems of reconstructing the Union were just as difficult as fighting the war had been. Because most of the war was fought in the South, the region was devastated physically and economically.
âHarry Potter: The Exhibitionâ opens Tuesday and runs through Sept. 5 at Discovery Times Square, 226 West 44th Street, Manhattan; harrypotterexhibition.com.
The Times Square area consists of the blocks between Sixth and Eighth Avenues from east to west, and West 40th and West 53rd Streets from south to north, making up the western part of the commercial area of Midtown Manhattan.