American Civil War A Hands-on History

Name: American Civil War A Hands-on History
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ISBN: 9780809095384

ISBN-10: 0809095386

ISBN-13: 9780809095384

Edition: 2006

Authors: Christopher J. Olsen

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Christopher J. Olsen' s "The American Civil War "is the ideal introduction to secession, war, and Reconstruction. Beginning in 1850 with the mounting political pressures to split the Union, through the four years of bloodshed and waning Confederate fortunes, to Lincoln' s assassination and the rise and fall of radical Reconstruction, "The American Civil War "covers the entire sectional conflict. It is "The American Civil War "' s ability to put the reader in the middle of unfolding events that distinguishes it. Whether it was the timing of John Brown' s raid on Harpers Ferry, the serendipitous discovery of General Lee' s plans (found wrapped around three cigars) before the battle of…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 286
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English




Political sectionalism before 1850



Abolitionists, fugitive slaves, and the northern view of the South



The proslavery arguments and sectional conflict



The 1850s : free soil and the creation of a republican majority



The election of 1860, secession, and the Confederate States of America



Fort Sumter and the beginning of the war



Organization, strategy, and the first battle of bull run



War on land and at sea in 1862



Families at war in 1861-1862



Military strategy and the war in 1862 : runaway slaves, the Battle of Antietam, and the Emancipation Proclamation



Union families, the peace movement, and northern politics in 1863



The war in 1863 : Gettysburg, Vicksburg, and Chattanooga



European diplomacy, the union blockade, and Confederate families at war in 1863



The war and union politics in 1864 : Sherman, Grant, and Lincoln



Confederate families at war in 1864-1865



1865 : emancipation, surrender, and assassination



From presidential to congressional reconstruction : 1865 and 1866



From congressional reconstruction to redemption : 1867 to 1877



African Americans and the transition to freedom