Union War

Name: Union War
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ISBN: 9780674066083

ISBN-10: 0674066081

ISBN-13: 9780674066083

Edition: 2011

Authors: Gary W. Gallagher

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Even one hundred and fifty years later, we are haunted by the Civil War—by its division, its bloodshed, and perhaps, above all, by its origins. Today, many believe that the war was fought over slavery. This answer satisfies our contemporary sense of justice, but as Gary Gallagher shows in this brilliant revisionist history, it is an anachronistic judgment.In a searing analysis of the Civil War North as revealed in contemporary letters, diaries, and documents, Gallagher demonstrates that what motivated the North to go to war and persist in an increasingly bloody effort was primarily preservation of the Union. Devotion to the Union bonded nineteenth-century Americans in the North and West…

Book details

List price: $32.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 9/3/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.17" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Gary W Gallagher is a civil war historian with a special interest in the military aspects of the war. He is the author or co-author of several books including Lee and His Generals in War and Memory and The Confederate War. He has also served as President of the Association of Preservation of Civil War sites. He is a professor of history at the University of Virginia.



Introduction



The Grand Review



Union



Emancipation



The Armies



Affirmation


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index