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Voices from the house divided : the United States Civil War as personal experience
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- Creator
- [editors] Glenn M. Linden, Thomas J. Pressly
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- New York : McGraw-Hill, ©1995
- Physical Details
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- xxxiv, 276 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 0070379343, 9780070379343
- OCLC
- ocm30810958
- Includes bibliographical references.
- "We are whipping the yankeys most beautifully, but we are loosing many good men"-the period marked by considerate Confederate success and considerable Union difficulty, July, 1861-September, 1862. The Battle of Bull Run (Manassas), July, 1861, and associated repercussions -- Union advance in the West-Forts Henry and Donelson (February, 1862), Shiloh (April, 1862), and New Orleans (April, 1862) -- Confederate defense of Richmond, and advance into Maryland and Kentucky, May-September, 1862 -- "Our army is still folling back and they yankeys are advancing slowly"-the period in which the tide of battle turned, September, 1862-December, 1863. The outcome of the Confederate military advances into Maryland and Kentucky, and the issuing of the Emancipation Proclamation -- The "time of troubles" for the Lincoln Administration in the winter of 1862-1863 -- Gettysburg and Vicksburg, July, 1863 -- A notable month: July, 1863 -- Conscientious objection to the war -- Union military victory in east Tennessee, November, 1863 -- "This wild adventurous work of crushing the southern cause"-the period marked primarily by Union victories and Confederate defeats, January, 1864-April, 1865. Union military offensives, February-August, 1864 -- Slaves and freedpeople -- Military stalemate by August, 1864, and repercussions in politics, Union and Confederacy -- End of the military stalemate, and more repercussions in politics, September-November, 1864 -- Union victories and Confederate defeats, November, 1864-April, 1865 -- The fighting stops and tragedy strikes, April, 1865 -- After four long years of war: personal experiences in perspective -- The cast of characters after 1865 (in order of appearance)