This essential reference work helps promote a thorough understanding of the conflict that divided the nation and proved more costly in terms of human suffering than any in American history. Coinciding with the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, American Civil War: The Essential Reference Guide offers an accessible, single-volume source on the conflict that helped define the American nation. Enhanced by historical illustrations and documents, this guide promotes a nuanced understanding of the events, personalities, and issues related to the war and its aftermath. In addition to an…mehr
This essential reference work helps promote a thorough understanding of the conflict that divided the nation and proved more costly in terms of human suffering than any in American history. Coinciding with the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, American Civil War: The Essential Reference Guide offers an accessible, single-volume source on the conflict that helped define the American nation. Enhanced by historical illustrations and documents, this guide promotes a nuanced understanding of the events, personalities, and issues related to the war and its aftermath. In addition to an A-Z encyclopedia of major leaders, events, and issues, this work includes a comprehensive overview essay on the war, plus separate essays by a prominent Civil War historian on its causes and consequences. Perspective essays tackle such widely debated issues as the primary cause of the Confederate defeat and will inspire readers to exercise critical thinking skills. Biographies of military and political leaders provide insights about those individuals who played major roles in the conflict, while entries on key battles showcase the strategies of both sides as they struggled to emerge victorious.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
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James R. Arnold is a military historian and author of more than 20 books. Roberta Wiener is managing editor of the Journal of Military History.
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Overview of the American Civil War Causes of the American Civil War Consequences of the American Civil War REFERENCE ENTRIES Abolitionism African Americans Confederate Army African Americans Union Army Antebellum Decade 1850-1860 Antietam Battle of (September 17 1862) Appomattox Court House and Surrender Artillery Atlanta Campaign Beauregard Pierre Gustave Toutant (1818-1893) Blockade of the Confederacy Border States Bragg Braxton (1817-1876) Buell Don Carlos (1818-1898) Bull Run (Manassas) First Battle of (July 21 1861) Bull Run (Manassas) Second Battle of (August 29-30 1862) Burnside Ambrose Everett (1824-1881) Cavalry Organization and Tactics Champion Hill Battle of Chancellorsville Battle of Chattanooga Battle of Chickamauga Battle of Civil Liberties Confederate Civil Liberties Union Congress Confederate Congress Union Conscription Confederate Conscription Union Davis Jefferson (1808-1889) Desertion Early Jubal (1816-1894) Espionage Farragut David Glasgow (1801-1870) Foreign Involvement Forrest Nathan Bedford (1821-1877) Fort Henry and Fort Donelson Battles of Fort Sumter Battle of Gettysburg Campaign (June-July 1863) Grant Ulysses S. (1822-1885) Guerrilla Warfare Halleck Henry Wager (1815-1872) Hardee William J. (1815-1873) Hood John Bell (1831-1879) Hooker Joseph (1814-1879) Industry Infantry Combat in the Civil War Infantry Organization and Equipment Jackson Thomas J. (1824-1863) Johnston Albert Sidney (1803-1862) Johnston Joseph E. (1803-1891) Kentucky Campaign Lee Robert E. (1807-1870) Lincoln Abraham (1809-1865) Longstreet James (1821-1904) McClellan George Brinton (1826-1885) Meade George (1815-1872) Medicine Monitor versus Virginia Native Americans Navy Confederate Navy Union News of the War Officer Corps Overland Campaign Pemberton John Clifford (1814-1881) Peninsula Campaign Petersburg Siege of Polk Leonidas (1806-1864) Pope John (1822-1892) Porter David Dixon (1813-1891) Prisoners of War Railroads Reconstruction Rosecrans William Starke (1819-1898) Scott Winfield (1786-1866) Secession Shenandoah Valley (1862 and 1864) Sheridan Philip Henry (1831-1888) Sherman William Tecumseh (1820-1891) Shiloh Battle of Slavery Smith Edmund Kirby (1824-1893) Stones River Battle of Strategy Confederate Strategy Union Stuart James Ewell Brown (1833-1864) Telegraph Theaters of War Thomas George Henry (1816-1870) Trans-Mississippi Theater Vicksburg Siege of PRIMARY SOURCE DOCUMENTS Fugitive Slave Acts (1793 1850) Missouri Compromise (March 3 1820) Frederick Douglass: "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" (July 5 1852) South Carolina Ordinance of Secession (December 20 1860) Jefferson Davis: Inaugural Address (February 18 1861) Robert E. Lee: Resignation from the U.S. Army (April 20 1861) and correspondence regarding his command of Virginia forces Ulysses S. Grant: Excerpt from autobiography events of 1861 Abraham Lincoln: Address to Congress (July 4 1861) "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" (1862) Conscription Acts (April 16 1862 and March 3 1863) Emancipation Proclamation (September 22 1862) Sam R. Watkins: Book excerpt Confederate reaction to conscription Clement Vallandigham: Speech before Congress (February 23 1863) and letter from prison (May 5 1863) Mary Loughborough: Book excerpt siege of Vicksburg Abraham Lincoln: Gettysburg Address (November 19 1863) Robert McAllister: Letter Union account of battle of May 12 1864 Theodore Lyman: Letter of Union soldier (May 18 1864) William T. Sherman: Orders concerning the march through Georgia (November 8-9 1864) Robert E. Lee: Surrender at Appomattox and farewell to troops (April 1865) Reconstruction Acts (1867) APPENDIX: HISTORICAL DILEMMAS IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR Leadership in the Civil War Congress and the War Presidential Politics International Relations Collapse of the Confederacy American Civil War Timeline Bibliography List of Editors and Contributors About the Editors Index
Overview of the American Civil War Causes of the American Civil War Consequences of the American Civil War REFERENCE ENTRIES Abolitionism African Americans Confederate Army African Americans Union Army Antebellum Decade 1850-1860 Antietam Battle of (September 17 1862) Appomattox Court House and Surrender Artillery Atlanta Campaign Beauregard Pierre Gustave Toutant (1818-1893) Blockade of the Confederacy Border States Bragg Braxton (1817-1876) Buell Don Carlos (1818-1898) Bull Run (Manassas) First Battle of (July 21 1861) Bull Run (Manassas) Second Battle of (August 29-30 1862) Burnside Ambrose Everett (1824-1881) Cavalry Organization and Tactics Champion Hill Battle of Chancellorsville Battle of Chattanooga Battle of Chickamauga Battle of Civil Liberties Confederate Civil Liberties Union Congress Confederate Congress Union Conscription Confederate Conscription Union Davis Jefferson (1808-1889) Desertion Early Jubal (1816-1894) Espionage Farragut David Glasgow (1801-1870) Foreign Involvement Forrest Nathan Bedford (1821-1877) Fort Henry and Fort Donelson Battles of Fort Sumter Battle of Gettysburg Campaign (June-July 1863) Grant Ulysses S. (1822-1885) Guerrilla Warfare Halleck Henry Wager (1815-1872) Hardee William J. (1815-1873) Hood John Bell (1831-1879) Hooker Joseph (1814-1879) Industry Infantry Combat in the Civil War Infantry Organization and Equipment Jackson Thomas J. (1824-1863) Johnston Albert Sidney (1803-1862) Johnston Joseph E. (1803-1891) Kentucky Campaign Lee Robert E. (1807-1870) Lincoln Abraham (1809-1865) Longstreet James (1821-1904) McClellan George Brinton (1826-1885) Meade George (1815-1872) Medicine Monitor versus Virginia Native Americans Navy Confederate Navy Union News of the War Officer Corps Overland Campaign Pemberton John Clifford (1814-1881) Peninsula Campaign Petersburg Siege of Polk Leonidas (1806-1864) Pope John (1822-1892) Porter David Dixon (1813-1891) Prisoners of War Railroads Reconstruction Rosecrans William Starke (1819-1898) Scott Winfield (1786-1866) Secession Shenandoah Valley (1862 and 1864) Sheridan Philip Henry (1831-1888) Sherman William Tecumseh (1820-1891) Shiloh Battle of Slavery Smith Edmund Kirby (1824-1893) Stones River Battle of Strategy Confederate Strategy Union Stuart James Ewell Brown (1833-1864) Telegraph Theaters of War Thomas George Henry (1816-1870) Trans-Mississippi Theater Vicksburg Siege of PRIMARY SOURCE DOCUMENTS Fugitive Slave Acts (1793 1850) Missouri Compromise (March 3 1820) Frederick Douglass: "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" (July 5 1852) South Carolina Ordinance of Secession (December 20 1860) Jefferson Davis: Inaugural Address (February 18 1861) Robert E. Lee: Resignation from the U.S. Army (April 20 1861) and correspondence regarding his command of Virginia forces Ulysses S. Grant: Excerpt from autobiography events of 1861 Abraham Lincoln: Address to Congress (July 4 1861) "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" (1862) Conscription Acts (April 16 1862 and March 3 1863) Emancipation Proclamation (September 22 1862) Sam R. Watkins: Book excerpt Confederate reaction to conscription Clement Vallandigham: Speech before Congress (February 23 1863) and letter from prison (May 5 1863) Mary Loughborough: Book excerpt siege of Vicksburg Abraham Lincoln: Gettysburg Address (November 19 1863) Robert McAllister: Letter Union account of battle of May 12 1864 Theodore Lyman: Letter of Union soldier (May 18 1864) William T. Sherman: Orders concerning the march through Georgia (November 8-9 1864) Robert E. Lee: Surrender at Appomattox and farewell to troops (April 1865) Reconstruction Acts (1867) APPENDIX: HISTORICAL DILEMMAS IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR Leadership in the Civil War Congress and the War Presidential Politics International Relations Collapse of the Confederacy American Civil War Timeline Bibliography List of Editors and Contributors About the Editors Index
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