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Environmental History of the Civil War
Av Judkin Browning, Timothy Silver
Inbunden, 2020
398 kr
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This sweeping new history recognizes that the Civil War was not just a military conflict but also a moment of profound transformation in Americans' relationship to the natural world. To be sure, environmental factors such as topography and weather powerfully shaped the outcomes of battles and …
At War with King Alcohol
Debating Drinking and Masculinity in the Civil War
Häftad, 2022
358 kr
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Liquor was essential to military culture as well as healthcare regimens in both the Union and Confederate armies. But its widespread use and misuse caused severe disruptions as unruly drunken soldiers and officers stumbled down roads and through towns, colliding with civilians. The problems …
Two Great Rebel Armies
An Essay in Confederate Military History
Häftad, 1996
357 kr
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Richard McMurry compares the two largest Confederate armies, assessing why Lee's Army of Northern Virginia was more successful than the Army of Tennessee. His bold conclusion is that Lee's army was a better army--not just one with a better high command. ""Sheds new light on how the South lost the …
Lee Considered
General Robert E. Lee and Civil War History
Häftad, 1996
505 kr
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In a careful re-examination of the historical evidence, Alan Nolan explodes many long-standing myths about Robert E. Lee and the American Civil War. The book may change readers' perceptions of the South's premier icon, as Nolan separates the Lee of reality from the Lee of mythology. The book should …
Glorious Contentment
The Grand Army of the Republic, 1865-1900
Häftad, 1997
519 kr
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The Grand Army of the Republic, the largest of all Union Army veterans' organizations, was the most powerful single-issue political lobby of the late nineteenth century, securing massive pensions for veterans and helping to elect five postwar presidents from its own membership. To its members, it …
Let Us Have Peace
Ulysses S. Grant and the Politics of War and Reconstruction, 1861-1868
Häftad, 1997
565 kr
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Historians have traditionally drawn distinctions between Ulysses S. Grant's military and political careers. In Let Us Have Peace , Brooks Simpson questions such distinctions and offers a new understanding of this often enigmatic leader. He argues that during the 1860s Grant was both soldier and …
Pea Ridge
Civil War Campaign in the West
Av Earl J. Hess
Häftad, 1997
475 kr
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The 1862 battle of Pea Ridge in northwestern Arkansas was one of the largest Civil War engagements fought on the western frontier, and it dramatically altered the balance of power in the Trans-Mississippi. This study of the battle is based on research in archives from Connecticut to California and …
Romance of Reunion
Northerners and the South, 1865-1900
Av Nina Silber
Häftad, 1997
580 kr
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The reconciliation of North and South following the Civil War depended as much on cultural imagination as on the politics of Reconstruction. Drawing on a wide range of sources, Nina Silber documents the transformation from hostile sectionalism to sentimental reunion rhetoric. Northern culture …
Fighting for the Confederacy
The Personal Recollections of General Edward Porter Alexander
Häftad, 1998
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475 kr
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Originally published by UNC Press in 1989, Fighting for the Confederacy is one of the richest personal accounts in all of the vast literature on the Civil War. Alexander was involved in nearly all of the great battles of the East, from First Manassas through Appomattox, and his duties brought him …
Gettysburg--the Second Day
Häftad, 1998
449 kr
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The second day's fighting at Gettysburg - the assault of the Army of Northern Virginia against the Army of the Potomac on 2nd July 1863 - was probably the critical engagement of that decisive battle. In this definitive account, Harry Pfanz introduces the men and the units, examines the development …
When the Yankees Came
Conflict and Chaos in the Occupied South, 1861-1865
Häftad, 1999
461 kr
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Southerners whose communities were invaded by the Union army during the Civil War endured a profoundly painful ordeal. For most, the coming of the Yankees was a nightmare become real; for some, it was the answer to a prayer. But for all, the author argues, invasion and occupation were essential …
Political Work of Northern Women Writers and the Civil War, 1850-1872
Häftad, 2000
580 kr
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This volume explores the lives and works of nine Northern women who wrote during the Civil War period, examining the ways in which, through their writing, they engaged in the national debates of the time. Lyde Sizer shows that from the 1850 publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin through Reconstruction, …
Children's Civil War
Av James Marten
Häftad, 2000
402 kr
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Children--white and black, northern and southern--endured a vast and varied range of experiences during the Civil War. Children celebrated victories and mourned defeats, tightened their belts and widened their responsibilities, took part in patriotic displays and suffered shortages and hardships, …
In the Hands of Providence
Joshua L. Chamberlain and the American Civil War
Häftad, 2001
415 kr
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The story of an authentic American hero; This acclaimed biography traces the life and times of Joshua L. Chamberlain, the professor-turned-soldier who led the Twentieth Maine Regiment to glory at Gettysburg, earned a battlefield promotion to brigadier general from Ulysses S. Grant at Petersburg, …
War at Every Door
Partisan Politics and Guerrilla Violence in East Tennessee, 1860-1869
Häftad, 2001
490 kr
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Political dissent and guerrilla warfare within a Confederate border state; One of the most divided regions of the Confederacy, East Tennessee was the site of fierce Unionist resistance to secession, Confederate rule, and the Southern war effort. It was also the scene of unrelenting guerrilla …
Gettysburg--Culp's Hill and Cemetery Hill
Häftad, 2001
403 kr
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A Gettysburg authority details two critical engagements; Harry Pfanz provides the definitive account of the fighting between the Army of the Potomac and Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia at Cemetery Hill and Culp's Hill - two of the most critical engagements fought at Gettysburg on 2 and 3 …
Stonewall Jackson at Cedar Mountain
Häftad, 2002
417 kr
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At Cedar Mountain on August 9,1862, Stonewall Jackson exercised independent command of a campaign for the last time. Robert Krick untangles the myriad original accounts by participants on both sides of the battle to offer an illuminating portrait of the Confederate general commanding his troops …
Lee's Miserables
Life in the Army of Northern Virginia from the Wilderness to Appomattox
Häftad, 2002
505 kr
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A vivid account of life in Lee's army; Based on research in more than 1,200 wartime letters and diaries by more than 400 Confederate officers and enlisted men, Lee's Miserables offers a compelling social history of Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia during its final year, from May 1864 to …
General George E. Pickett in Life and Legend
Häftad, 2002
430 kr
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A soldier, his widow, and their story; The man who gave his name to the greatest failed frontal attack in American military history, George E. Pickett is among the most famous Confederate generals of the Civil War. But even today he remains imperfectly understood, a figure shrouded in Lost Cause …
Pickett's Charge in History and Memory
Häftad, 2003
344 kr
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Assessing the myths and facts surrounding Pickett's charge, Carol Reardon explores why this event endures so strongly in the American imagination. She demonstrates that the story told today of the charge is really an amalgam of history and memory and that the evolution of that mix has much to tell …
Imagined Civil War
Popular Literature of the North and South, 1861-1865
Av Alice Fahs
Häftad, 2003
547 kr
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The American Civil War inspired a remarkable outpouring of popular literature. From 1861 to 1865, authors and publishers in both the North and the South produced a torrent of war related works, including poems, songs, children's stories, romances, novels, histories and even humorous pieces. Mining …
Heart of Confederate Appalachia
Western North Carolina in the Civil War
Häftad, 2003
417 kr
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In the mountains of western North Carolina, the Civil War was fought on different terms than those found throughout most of the South. Though relatively minor strategically, incursions by both Confederate and Union troops disrupted life and threatened the social stability of many communities. Even …
Soldiering in the Army of Tennessee
A Portrait of Life in a Confederate Army
Häftad, 2003
592 kr
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In Soldiering in the Army of Tennessee Larry Daniel offers a view from the trenches of the Confederate Army of Tennessee. his book is not the story of the commanders, but rather shows in intimate detail what the war in the western theater was like for the enlisted men. Daniel argues that the unity …
Memory of the Civil War in American Culture
Av Joan Waugh
Häftad, 2004
402 kr
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The Civil War retains a powerful hold on the American imagination, with each generation since 1865 reassessing its meaning and importance in American life. This volume collects twelve essays by leading Civil War scholars who demonstrate how the meanings of the Civil War have changed over time. The …
Wilson's Creek
The Second Battle of the Civil War and the Men Who Fought It
Häftad, 2004
417 kr
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In the summer of 1861, Americans were preoccupied by the question of which states would join the secession movement and which would remain loyal to the Union. This question was most fractious in the border states of Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri. In Missouri, it was largely settled at Wilson's …
Shattered Nation
The Rise and Fall of the Confederacy, 1861-1868
Häftad, 2007
373 kr
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Historians often assert that Confederate nationalism had its origins in pre-Civil War sectional conflict with the North, reached its apex at the start of the war, and then dropped off quickly after the end of hostilities. Anne Sarah Rubin argues instead that white Southerners did not actually begin …
Southern Pamphlets on Secession, November 1860-April 1861
Häftad, 2009
709 kr
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The election of Abraham Lincoln as president in 1860 initiated a heated debate throughout the South about what Republican control of the federal government would mean for the slaveholding states. During the secession crisis of the winter of 1860-61, Southerners spoke out and wrote prolifically on …
When Sherman Marched North from the Sea
Resistance on the Confederate Home Front
Häftad, 2005
300 kr
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Women defending the home front Home front and battle front merged in 1865 when General William T. Sherman occupied Savannah and then marched his armies north through the Carolinas. When Union soldiers brought war into Southern households, Northern soldiers were frequently astounded by the …
Roots of Secession
Slavery and Politics in Antebellum Virginia
Häftad, 2005
519 kr
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The role of slaves and free blacks in the politics of secession An upper South state with nearly half a million slaves and some 50,000 free blacks, Virginia witnessed a uniquely volatile convergence of slave resistance and electoral politics in the 1850s. While masters struggled with slaves, …
Thaddeus Stevens
Nineteenth-Century Egalitarian
Häftad, 2005
535 kr
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One of the most controversial figures in nineteenth-century American history, Thaddeus Stevens is best remembered for his role as congressional leader of the radical Republicans and as a chief architect of Reconstruction. Long painted by historians as a vindictive 'dictator of Congress,' out to …
