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The Civil War devastated the South, and the end of slavery turned
Southern society upside down. How did the South regain social,
economic, and political stability in the wake of emancipation and
wartime destruction, and how did the South come together with its
former enemies in the North? Why did the South not slip back into
chaos? This book holds the keys to the answers to these tantalizing
questions. Author Joseph Ranney explodes the myth of a unified
South and exposes just how complex and fragile the postwar recovery
was. The end of slavery and the emergence of a radically new social
order raised a host of thorny legal issues: What place should newly
freed slaves have in Southern society? What was the proper balance
between states' rights and a newly powerful federal government? How
could postwar economic distress be eased without destroying
property rights? Should new civil rights be extended to women as
well as blacks? Southern states addressed these issues in
surprisingly different ways. Ranney also shatters the popular myth
that a new legal system was imposed upon the South by the
victorious North during Reconstruction. Southern states took an
active hand in shaping postwar changes, and Southern courts often
defended civil rights and national reunification against hostile
Southern legislators. How did that come about? Ranney provides some
surprising answers. He also profiles judges and other lawmakers who
shaped Southern law during and after Reconstruction, including
heretofore little-known black leaders in the South. These
extraordinary individuals created a legal heritage that assisted
leaders of the second civil rights revolution a century after
Reconstruction ended. This bookadds immeasurably to our knowledge
not only of Southern history, but also of American legal and social
history.
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. Volume 5 is South Carolina.
A Union Army at war against the Confederacy
The Army of the Cumberland was one of the principal armies of the
Union Army. It was first commanded by Rosecrans who commanded it
through its first significant engagement at Stones River and then
subsequently during the Tullahoma campaign and at Chickamauga where
it received a savaging which was instrumental in causing it to
become besieged in Chattanooga. Grant, uncertain of its morale,
gave the Cumberland, now under Thomas, a minor role at Missionary
Ridge but his concerns were unfounded because, after achieving its
primary objective, four divisions stormed the main enemy positions
helping to complete the victory. Thomas commanded to the end of the
war, but not before the Army of the Cumberland fought in the
Atlanta Campaign, at Peachtree Creek, Franklin and finally at the
decisive Battle of Nashville where with it crushed Confederate
forces under Hood. This is a well rounded unit history. Essential
reading for every student of the period. Available in soft cover
and cloth bound hard back with dust jacket, head and tail bands and
gold foil lettering to the spine.
It was 1862, the second year of the Civil War, though Kansans and
Missourians had been fighting over slavery for almost a decade. For
the 250 Union soldiers facing down rebel irregulars on Enoch
Toothman's farm near Butler, Missouri, this was no battle over
abstract principles. These were men of the First Kansas Colored
Infantry, and they were fighting for their own freedom and that of
their families. They belonged to the first black regiment raised in
a northern state, and the first black unit to see combat during the
Civil War. "Soldiers in the Army of Freedom" is the first published
account of this largely forgotten regiment and, in particular, its
contribution to Union victory in the trans-Mississippi theater of
the Civil War. As such, it restores the First Kansas Colored
Infantry to its rightful place in American history.
Composed primarily of former slaves, the First Kansas Colored saw
major combat in Missouri, Indian Territory, and Arkansas. Ian
Michael Spurgeon draws upon a wealth of little-known
sources--including soldiers' pension applications--to chart the
intersection of race and military service, and to reveal the
regiment's role in countering white prejudices by defying
stereotypes. Despite naysayers' bigoted predictions--and a
merciless slaughter at the Battle of Poison Spring--these black
soldiers proved themselves as capable as their white counterparts,
and so helped shape the evolving attitudes of leading politicians,
such as Kansas senator James Henry Lane and President Abraham
Lincoln. A long-overdue reconstruction of the regiment's remarkable
combat record, Spurgeon's book brings to life the men of the First
Kansas Colored Infantry in their doubly desperate battle against
the Confederate forces and skepticism within Union ranks.
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. Volume 3 is Virginia.
Were Lincoln alive today what would his response be to the immense
and complex issues confronting the United States of America? In
Lincoln's day the issues facing the country dating from Lincoln's
first political speech (1838) until his death in the opening of his
second term (1865) were momentous to his generation, just as the
issues facing the country in the early 21st Century are immense to
its generation. The people of Lincoln's day needed leadership. The
people of the United States today also need leadership-not just any
kind of leadership-but leadership that is anchored solidly on the
fundamental principles and practices of the Constitution of the
United States and the Declaration of Independence. Within the
understanding that people of Lincoln's generation were as people
are today in their essential characteristics, good and bad, join in
an investigation that utilizes Lincoln's own words from his early
career and adapts them in principle to the practices of today.
Lincoln was a great leader who rescued the Union and restored the
country. We can learn from his leadership-if we simply take the
time to read and then apply what we learn into the contemporary
circumstances that define our issues.
Often Civil War histories embody stories about politicians and
generals. Ordinary soldiers, wives, mothers, children, slaves,
farmers, merchants, Unionists, and deserters are only occasionally
mentioned. To convey a comprehensive history is to include a wide
array of sources. Newly discovered material expand our
understanding.. The 1863 Gaston County tax list defines people's
lives economically and socially, and diaries, soldier letters, and
other previously unpublished documents tell the story of the war
from each perspective. Wives and mothers, children, soldiers,
politicians, deserters, and slaves communicate their feelings,
reflect their fears and aspirations. The 1863 Tax List
transcription delineates what taxpayers owned, describe slaves by
name, age and monetary value, and defines the ownership of luxury
items. The tax document communicates a first of its kind portrait
of a county. Soldiers' and family letters, letters to the governor,
cotton mill operations, political disagreements, and the lives of
slaves are described in this microscopic study of a typical
Piedmont county. The rationale for soldier enlistments, reasons for
desertion, and economic struggles on the home front are examined.
Many engaging and newly discovered historical revelations await the
reader. Your perception of the times and its people will be
expanded through their words and actions.
A border county in a border state, Barbour County, West Virginia
felt the full terror and tragedy of the Civil War. The wounds of
the Civil War cut most bitterly in the border states, that strip of
America from Maryland to Kansas, where conflicting loyalties and
traditions ripped apart communities, institutions, and families.
Barbour County, in the mountainous Northwest of (West) Virginia, is
a telling microcosm of the deep divisions which both caused the war
and were caused by it. By examining and interpreting long-ignored
documents of the times and the personal accounts of the people who
were there, Clash of Loyalties offers a startling new view of
America's most bitter hour. Nearly half of the military-age men in
the county served in the armed forces, almost perfectly divided
between the Union and the Confederacy. After West Virginia split
with Virginia to rejoin the Union, Confederate soldiers from the
regions could not safely visit their homes on furlough, or even
send letters to their families. The county's two leading political
figures, Samuel Woods and Spencer Dayton, became leaders of the
fight for and against secession, dissolved their close personal
friendship, and never spoke to one another again. The two factions
launched campaigns of terror and intimidation, leading to the
burning of several homes, the kidnapping of a sheriff, the murder
of a pacifist minister, and the self-imposed exile of many of the
county's influential families. The conflicting loyalties crossed
nearly all social and economic lines; even the county's slave
owners were evenly divided between Union and Confederate
sympathies. With a meticulous examination of census and military
records, geneologies, period newspapers, tax rolls, eyewitness
accounts, and other relevant documents, Clash of Loyalties presents
a compelling account of the passion and violence which tore apart
Barbour County and the nation.
William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, called "Rooney" by his family, was born
the second son of the famous commander and general of the
Confederacy, Robert E. Lee. After graduating from Harvard, Rooney
planned to take up farming on his family's plantation. When the
Civil War broke out, however, he immediately volunteered and was
commissioned a captain in the Confederate cavalry. During the war
years, he was quickly promoted on his talents -his famous father
was careful not to interfere in his son's promotion track. Rooney
Lee earned a reputation for bravery and effective command at
Gettysburg and Chancellorsville. He was wounded at Brandy Station
and shortly after was captured by Federal raiders and placed in
prison. After his release in a prisoner exchange, he was promoted
to the rank of major general-the youngest man in the Confederacy to
hold this rank. By the war's end, he was one of the highest-ranking
cavalry commanders in the Confederate army.There has been no study
of the military career and accomplishments of this important
Confederate commander-until now. Using previously unavailable
material from the Lee family archives, this new biography presents
a balanced appraisal of one of the South's most important
commanders.
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