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The Civil War resulted from the insistence of Southern "firebrands"
that the 1820 restrictions on where slavery could be practiced in
the Western territories of the USA be removed. And the dogged
determination of some Northerners to restrict the brutal treatment
of blacks and finally put slavery on the road to extinction. In the
1850's big shoes dropped one after another in staccato fashion to
dash such hopes. The final straws were the Dred Scott Decision in
1857 saying blacks weren't even people and Congress had no power to
restrict slavery anywhere And Civil War was going on in "bleeding
Kansas" between adherents of the two stances. John Brown was
radicalized there by the sacking of Abolitionist stronghold
Lawrence. He and his sons killed some Jayhawkers (slavery
adherents) from Missouri. Then Brown, his sons, and a few others,
lit a fuse in Oct 1859 by a hare brained scheme to seize the
Federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry to arm slaves and precipitate
action to free them. So when Lincoln was elected in 1860-the South
bolted As they had threatened for 15 years. America was almost
destroyed. Until July 4, 1863 when two Union victories insured:
"that these honored dead (800,000) shall not have died in vain"
Abraham Lincoln Gettysburg, Pa Nov. 1863.
The Battle of Gettysburg remains one of the most controversial
military actions in America's history, and one of the most
studied.Professor Coddington's is an analysis not only of the
battle proper, but of the actions of both Union and Confederate
armies for the six months prior to the battle and the factors
affecting General Meade's decision not to pursue the retreating
Confederate forces. This book contends that Gettysburg was a
crucial Union victory, primarily because of the effective
leadership of Union forces--not, as has often been said, only
because the North was the beneficiary of Lee's mistakes.
Scrupulously documented and rich in fascinating detail, The
Gettysburg Campaign stands as one of the landmark works in the
history of the Civil War.
Lasting from June 1864 through April 1965, the RichmondPetersburg
Campaign was the longest of the Civil War, dwarfing even the
Atlanta and Vicksburg campaigns in its scope and complexity. This
compact yet comprehensive guide allows armchair historian and
battlefield visitor alike to follow the campaign's course, with a
clear view of its multifaceted strategic, operation, tactical, and
human dimensions.
A concise, single-volume collection of official reports and
personal accounts, the guide is organized in one-day and multi-day
itineraries that take the reader to all the battlefields of the
campaign, some of which have never before been interpreted and
described for the visitor so extensively. Comprehensive campaign
and battle maps reflect troop movements, historical terrain
features, and modern roads for ease of understanding and
navigation. A uniquely useful resource for the military enthusiast
and the battlefield traveler, this is the essential guide for
anyone hoping to see the historic landscape and the human face of
this most decisive campaign of the Civil War.
The South Carolina 23rd Infantry Regiment [also called Coast
Rangers] was assembled at Charleston, South Carolina, in November,
1861. Most of the men were from Horry, Georgetown, Charleston, and
Colleton counties. After being stationed in South Carolina, the
regiment moved to Virginia and during the war served in General
Evans', Elliot's, and Wallace's Brigade.
A battle badly conducted and the destruction of one brave man
This an account of the battle of Shiloh by one who was present as a
colonel of the Ohio Volunteer infantry, but it is also much more
than that. In every line of this book the reader feels the anger
and vitriol of a deeply offended man. This work transcends history
to become an exposure-according to the author's viewpoint-of
incompetence, double dealing and cover-up on behalf of the senior
officers of the Union Army. The particular target of Worthington's
accusation is his superior officer W. T. Sherman. Certainly the two
men were enemies-a situation which for Worthington, as the
subordinate officer, was to have disastrous consequences. It is now
recognised that Worthington's own conduct during the battle itself
was exemplary, contributing much to the benefit of the Union
action. Nevertheless, Sherman court martialled Worthington after
the battle and he was cashiered from the service. Notwithstanding
the illegality of his trial and its subsequent over turning by
Lincoln himself, Sherman, in concert with Grant, ensured
Worthington was never reinstated. This is a vital analysis of a
Civil War battle with no holds barred and a story of great
injustice done to a man of principle.
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At its core, the Civil War was a conflict over the meaning of
citizenship. Most famously, it became a struggle over whether or
not to grant rights to a group that stood outside the pale of
civil-society: African Americans. But other groups--namely Jews,
Germans, the Irish, and Native Americans--also became part of this
struggle to exercise rights stripped from them by legislation,
court rulings, and the prejudices that defined the age. Grounded in
extensive research by experts in their respective fields, Civil War
Citizens is the first volume to collectively analyze the wartime
experiences of those who lived outside the dominant white,
Anglo-Saxon Protestant citizenry of nineteenth-century America. The
essays examine the momentous decisions made by these communities in
the face of war, their desire for full citizenship, the complex
loyalties that shaped their actions, and the inspiring and
heartbreaking results of their choices-- choices that still echo
through the United States today. Contributors: Stephen D. Engle,
William McKee Evans, David T. Gleeson, Andrea Mehrlander, Joseph P.
Reidy, Robert N. Rosen, and Susannah J. Ural.
In September 1868, the remains of Jacob and Nancy Jane Young were
found lying near the banks of Indiana's White River. It was a
gruesome scene. Part of Jacob's face had been blown off, apparently
by the shotgun that lay a few feet away. Spiders and black beetles
crawled over his wound. Smoke rose from his wife's smoldering body,
which was so badly burned that her intestines were exposed, the
flesh on her thighs gone, and the bones partially reduced to
powder. Suspicion for both deaths turned to Nancy Clem, a housewife
who was also one of Mr. Young's former business partners. In The
Notorious Mrs. Clem, Wendy Gamber chronicles the life and times of
this charming and persuasive Gilded Age confidence woman, who
became famous not only as an accused murderess but also as an
itinerant peddler of patent medicine and the supposed originator of
the Ponzi scheme. Clem's story is a shocking tale of friendship and
betrayal, crime and punishment, courtroom drama and partisan
politicking, get-rich-quick schemes and shady business deals. It
also raises fascinating questions about women's place in an
evolving urban economy. As they argued over Clem's guilt or
innocence, lawyers, jurors, and ordinary citizens pondered
competing ideas about gender, money, and marriage. Was Clem on
trial because she allegedly murdered her business partner? Or was
she on trial because she engaged in business? Along the way, Gamber
introduces a host of equally compelling characters, from
prosecuting attorney and future U.S. president Benjamin Harrison to
folksy defense lawyer John Hanna, daring detective Peter Wilkins,
pioneering "lady news writer" Laura Ream, and female-remedy
manufacturer Michael Slavin. Based on extensive sources, including
newspapers, trial documents, and local histories, this gripping
account of a seemingly typical woman who achieved extraordinary
notoriety will appeal to true crime lovers and historians alike.
This is one volume in a library of Confederate States history, in
twelve volumes, written by distinguished men of the South, and
edited by Gen. Clement A. Evans of Georgia. A generation after the
Civil War, the Southern protagonists wanted to tell their story,
and in 1899 these twelve volumes appeared under the imprint of the
Confederate Publishing Company. The first and last volumes comprise
such subjects as the justification of the Southern States in
seceding from the Union and the honorable conduct of the war by the
Confederate States government; the history of the actions and
concessions of the South in the formation of the Union and its
policy in securing the territorial dominion of the United States;
the civil history of the Confederate States; Confederate naval
history; the morale of the armies; the South since the war, and a
connected outline of events from the beginning of the struggle to
its close. The other ten volumes each treat a separate State with
details concerning its peculiar story, its own devotion, its
heroes, and its battlefields.
At the beginning of the Civil War, Georgia ranked third among the
Confederate states in manpower resources, behind only Virginia and
Tennessee. With an arms-bearing population somewhere between
120,000 and 130,000 white males between the ages of 16 and 60, this
resource became an object of a great struggle between Joseph Brown,
governor of Georgia, and Jefferson Davis, president of the
Confederacy. Brown advocated a strong state defense, but as the war
dragged on Davis applied more pressure for more soldiers from
Georgia. In December 1863, the state's general assembly reorganized
the state militia and it became known as Joe Brown's Pets. Civil
War historians William Scaife and William Bragg have written not
only the first history of the Georgia Militia during the Civil War,
but have produced the definitive history of this militia. Using
original documents found in the Georgia Department of Archives and
History that are too delicate for general public access, Scaife and
Bragg were granted special permission to research the material
under the guidance of an archivist and conducted under tightly
controlled conditions of security and preservation control.
This book tells the life story of William T. Sherman, one of the
Civil War's most accomplished generals and an American military
professional who changed how wars were fought. William T. Sherman:
A Biography provides readers with a glimpse into the life of one of
America's foremost military leaders and a top Union general in the
Civil War. From his early life and military education, to his Civil
War service and beyond, this book examines the career of a military
professional who changed the way wars were fought. Prolific
military history author Robert P. Broadwater follows Sherman's
early development in the war and examines his most famous
campaigns: the Atlanta Campaign, the March to the Sea, and the
Carolinas Campaign. An engaging read, the book details how the
iconic leader hailed as the first "modern" general achieved the
military successes that enabled the North to achieve victory and
bring the war to a close. Uses Sherman's own words to give readers
insight as to what he felt and thought Provides easy-to-read
commentary of events in Sherman's life Describes interaction
between Sherman and his peers that contributed to the outcome of
battles Analyzes Sherman's accomplishments and failures in a fair
and balanced manner
In a series of columns published in the African American newspaper
The Christian Recorder, the young, charismatic preacher Henry
McNeal Turner described his experience of the Civil War, first from
the perspective of a civilian observer in Washington, D.C., and
later, as one of the Union army's first black chaplains. In the
halls of Congress, Turner witnessed the debates surrounding
emancipation and black enlistment. As army chaplain, Turner dodged
""grape"" and cannon, comforted the sick and wounded, and settled
disputes between white southerners and their former slaves. He was
dismayed by the destruction left by Sherman's army in the
Carolinas, but buoyed by the bravery displayed by black soldiers in
battle. After the war ended, he helped establish churches and
schools for the freedmen, who previously had been prohibited from
attending either. Throughout his columns, Turner evinces his firm
belief in the absolute equality of blacks with whites, and insists
on civil rights for all black citizens. In vivid, detailed prose,
laced with a combination of trenchant commentary and
self-deprecating humor, Turner established himself as more than an
observer: he became a distinctive and authoritative voice for the
black community, and a leader in the African Methodist Episcopal
church. After Reconstruction failed, Turner became disillusioned
with the American dream and became a vocal advocate of black
emigration to Africa, prefiguring black nationalists such as Marcus
Garvey and Malcolm X. Here, however, we see Turner's youthful
exuberance and optimism, and his open-eyed wonder at the momentous
changes taking place in American society. Well-known in his day,
Turner has been relegated to the fringes of African American
history, in large part because neither his views nor the forms in
which he expressed them were recognized by either the black or
white elite. With an introduction by Jean Lee Cole and a foreword
by Aaron Sheehan-Dean, Freedom's Witness: The Civil War
Correspondence of Henry McNeal Turner restores this important
figure to the historical and literary record.
Sam Postlethwaite was a Confederate soldier buried in an unmarked
grave in Rhode Island. Beginning with nothing more than a handful
of dirt, author Les Rolston's innocent curiosity about this
mysterious soldier's grave became a journey of thousands of miles
that eventually led him to the soldier's family. The result is this
factual account of Postlethwaite's odyssey and the author's
determined efforts to learn his story. Other important facets of
this affecting historical account are the experiences of
Postlethwaite's fourteen-year-old brother, who found glory with
Stonewall Jackson in the Shenandoah Valley; and a boy from a
prominent Rhode Island family who was emotionally ruined by the
Civil War. Both their families, embittered by war, were destined to
merge through a Civil War romance and marriage. This book is a
tribute to all of the people, Northerners and Southerners, who
joined together to choose forgiveness and understanding over
bitterness and hatred.
Between 1800 and the Civil War, the American West evolved from a
region to territories to states. This book depicts the development
of the antebellum West from the perspective of a resident of the
Western frontier. What happened in the West in the lead-up to and
during the American Civil War? The Civil War and the West: The
Frontier Transformed provides a clear and complete answer to this
question. The work succinctly overviews the West during the
antebellum period from 1800 to 1862, supplying thematic chapters
that explain how key elements and characteristics of the West
created conflict and division that differed from those in the East
during the Civil War. It looks at how these issues influenced the
military, settlement, and internal territorial conflicts about
statehood in each region, and treats the Cherokee and other Indian
nations as important actors in the development of a national
narrative. Provides both a historical overview of the antebellum
West and detailed examinations of specific issues that shaped
Western responses to the Civil War, serving students in Western
American history and general American survey courses as well as
students of the Civil War Explains how unique elements of the West,
such as international influences, the military, the Indians, and
settlement and legislation, created conflict that differed from
what was experienced in the East during the Civil War
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