Although most Americans believe that the Battle of Gettysburg was
the only turning point of the Civil War, the war actually turned
repeatedly. Events unfolded in completely unexpected ways and had
unintended consequences. Turning Points of the American Civil War
examines key shifts and the context surrounding them, demonstrating
that the war was a continuum of watershed events. The contributors
show that many chains of events caused the course of the war to
change: the Federal defeats at First Bull Run and Ball’s Bluff,
the wounding of Joseph Johnston at Seven Pines and the Confederate
victory at Chancellorsville, the issuance of the Emancipation
Proclamation, the Federal victory at Vicksburg, Grant’s decision
to move on to Richmond rather than retreat from the Wilderness, the
naming of John B. Hood as commander of the Army of Tennessee, and
the 1864 presidential election. In their conclusion, editors
Mackowski and White suggest that the assassination of Abraham
Lincoln might have been the war’s final turning point. Presenting
essays by public historians with experience at Civil War battle
sites, this provocative collection offers fresh perspectives on
political and military events in the eastern and western theaters.
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