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Book SynopsisIn Nigeria's un-Civil War: Memories of a Biafran Child, Philip Effiong reveals the many characters of war: the horror and the chaos, the surrealism and the absurdity and the desperate need to conjure a semblance of normalcy against a backdrop of air raids, starvation and massacre.

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Book SynopsisExplores the financial and political background as well as the military elements of the Civil War.

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Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of A. Lincoln, a major new biography of one of America’s greatest generals—and most misunderstood presidentsWinner of the William Henry Seward Award for Excellence in Civil War Biography • Finalist for the Gilder-Lehrman Military History Book Prize In his time, Ulysses S. Grant was routinely grouped with George Washington and Abraham Lincoln in the “Trinity of Great American Leaders.” But the battlefield commander–turned–commander-in-chief fell out of favor in the twentieth century. In American Ulysses, Ronald C. White argues that we need to once more revise our estimates of him in the twenty-first. Based on seven years of research with primary documents—some of them never examined by previous Grant scholars—this is destined to become the Grant biography of our time. White, a biographer exceptionally skilled at

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Book SynopsisThere is an extraordinary range of material in this anthology, from Lincoln's Gettysburg address to a contemporary account of a visit from the Ku Klux Klan. The primary sources reproduced are both visual and written, and the secondary materials present a remarkable breadth and quality of relevant scholarship. Contains an extensive selection of writings and illustrations on the American Civil War Reflects society and culture as well as the politics and key battles of the Civil War Reproduces and links primary and secondary sources to encourage exploration of the material Includes editorial introductions and study questions to aid understanding Trade Review“This anthology of sources for the Civil War era is a well contextualized collection of documents and secondary sources. Highlighted sections ask thought-provoking questions, directing students’ attention and challenging them to come to grips with the complexities of this era. This book is an extraordinary contribution to teaching. It is the textbook that teachers dream of finding.” Orville Vernon Burton, University of Illinois "The pulling together of all this material into one coherent volume represents a considerable editorial achievement, and one that highlights not just the most recent scholarly approaches to Civil War but also some of the reasons for the subject's perennial fascination for students, academics and the public alike." Journal of American StudiesTable of ContentsAcknowledgments. Introduction: The American Civil War in the Twenty-First Century. A Civil War Chronology. PART I: THE IMPENDING CRISIS. Essays (with Headnotes and Questions):. 1 “A House Divided” by Bruce Catton (1960). 2 “The Divided South, Democracy’s Limitations, and the Causes of the Peculiarly North American Civil War” by William W. Freehling (1997). Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):. 3 John Calhoun, speech on the Compromise of 1850. 4 Chapter 1, “In Which the Reader is Introduced to a Man of Humanity” from Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harried Beecher Stowe (1851). 5 Louisa S. McCord, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” (1853). 6 Escaped slave advertisements from The Key to Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1853). PART II: JUSTIFYING THE WAR. Essay (with Headnote and Questions):. 7 “The Spirit of ’61,” by George Fredrickson (1965). Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):. 8 Alexander Stephens, “The Confederate Cornerstone” (1861). 9 Keziah Goodwyn Hopkins Brevard, Diary entry, (1860). 10 The North Carolina Standard, “Disunion for Existing Causes,” editorial, (1860). 11 Alexander Stephens, A Constitutional View of the Late War Between the States (1868). III. THE BATTLE FRONT. Essay (with Headnote and Questions):. 12 ‘Dangled Over Hell’: The Trauma of the Civil War,” by Eric T. Dean, Jr. (1997). Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):. 13 Stephen Crane, The Red Badge of Courage (1895). 14 Wilbur Fisk, letter from the Peninsula Campaign, (1862). 15 “J.C.R.,” “The Battle of Fredricksburg,” Charleston Daily Courier (1863). 16 Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, a.k.a. Edwin R. Wakeman, Letter from the Red River (1864). PART IV: THE HOME FRONT. Essays (with Headnotes and Questions):. 17 Reid Mitchell, “The War at Home” (1990). 18 Jeanie Attie, “For the Boys in Blue: Organizing the U.S. Sanitary. Commission” (1998). Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):. 19 Gertrude Clanton Thomas, diary entry (1864). 20 Fannie Perry, letter to Norfleet Perry (1862). 21 Abraham Lincoln, letter to Lydia Bixby (1864). PART V: WARTIME ECONOMIES. Essay (with Headnote and Questions):. 22 Industrial Workers and the Costs of War” by Philip Paludan (1989?). Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):. 23 Wilbur J. Cash, The Mind of the South (1941). 24 Mary Herrick, letter to Secretary of War William Stanton (1863). 25 Corporal John H.P. Payne, Massachusetts 55th regiment, letter (1864). PART VI: SLAVERY DURING WARTIME. Essays (with Headnotes and Questions):. 26 A Loss of Mastery,” by James L. Roark (1978). 27 “‘Answering Bells is Played Out’: Slavery and the Civil War” by Tera Hunter (1999). Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):. 28 Mary Chestnut, diary entry (1861). 29 Sgt. George W. Hatton, letter from Wilson’s Landing, Virginia (1864). PART VII: EMANCIPATION. Essay (with Headnote and Questions):. 30 The Meaning of Freedom in the Age of Emancipation” by Eric Foner (1994). Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):. 31 Lydia Maria Child, letter to Abraham Lincoln (1862). 32 Abraham Lincoln, letter to Horace Greeley (1862). 33 Abraham Lincoln, Emancipation Proclamation (1862). 34 Frederick Douglass, “Emancipation Proclaimed, Douglass’ Monthly (1862). 35 Abraham Lincoln, Address at Gettysburg, (1863). 36 Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural (1865). VIII. RESISTANCE. Essay (with Headnote and Questions):. 37 A Multiplicity of Grievances,” by Iver Bernstein. Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):. 38 Abraham Lincoln, “Opinion on the Draft” (1863). 39 Adelaide Fowler, letter to Henry Fowler (1863). IX. WAR ON THE FRONTIER. Essay (with Headnote and Questions):. 40 The Way to Pea Ridge,” by Alvin Josephy, Jr. Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):. 41 St. Paul Pioneer Press, account of Sioux executions (1862). 42 Mary Livermore, “Patriotic Iowa” (1888). X. WARTIME POLITICS. Essays (with Headnotes and Questions):. 43 The Confederate South at High Tide,” by Emory Thomas (1979). 44 “To Finish the Task: The Election of 1864,” by William Gienapp (2002). Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):. 45 Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Chiefly About War Matters” (1862). 46 “Work,” the Boston Evening Transcipt (1864). XI. GENDER BATTLES. Essays (with Headnotes and Questions):. 47 What Shall We Do? Confederate Women Confront the Crisis,” by Drew Gilpin Faust (1999?). 48 “When God Made Me I Wasn’t Much, But I’s a Man Now,” by Jim Cullen (1992). Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):. 49 Benjamin Butler, General Order #28 (1862). 50 Harriet Tubman, letter from Beaufort, South Carolina (1863). 51 Louisa May Alcott, “Chapter One: Obtaining Supplies,” from Hospital Sketches (1863). XII. THE WRITTEN WAR. Essay (with Headnote and Questions):. 52 Popular Literary Culture in Wartime,” by Alice Fahs (2001). Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):. 53 Walt Whitman, “The Great Army of the Sick” (1863). 54 Walt Whitman, “A Sight in Camp in the Daybreak Gray and Dim” (1865?). 55 Julia Ward Howe, “Battle Hymn of the Republic” (1862). 56 Rebecca Harding Davis, “John Lamar” (1862). XIII. VICTORY AND DEFEAT. Essay (with Headnote and Questions):. 57 The Same Holy Cause,” by James McPherson (1997). Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):. 58 Sarah Morgan Dawson, diary entry (1865). 59 Chaplain Garland H. White, letter from Richmond (1865). XIV. RECONSTRUCTION. Essay (with Headnote and Questions):. 60 ‘Privilege’ and ‘Protection’: Civil and Political Rights During Reconstruction,” by Laura F. Edwards (1997). Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):. 61 Lydia Maria Child, letter to Sarah Shaw (1866). 62 Margaret Mitchell on the Freedmens’ Bureau, from Gone with the Wind (1936). 63 Thomas Dixon, “To the Reader,” from The Clansman (1904). 64 Emeline Brumfield, account of a Ku Klux Kan visit (date?). XV. MEMORY. Essay (with Headnote and Questions):. 65 Quarrel Forgotten or Revolution Remembered? Reunion and Race in the Memory of the Civil War, 1875-1913,” by David Blight (undated). Document Excerpt (with Headnote and Questions):. 66 Frederick Douglass, “The United States Cannot Remain Half-Slave and Half-Free” (1883)

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Book SynopsisThere is an extraordinary range of material in this anthology, from Lincoln's Gettysburg address to a contemporary account of a visit from the Ku Klux Klan. The primary sources reproduced are both visual and written, and the secondary materials present a remarkable breadth and quality of relevant scholarship. Contains an extensive selection of writings and illustrations on the American Civil War Reflects society and culture as well as the politics and key battles of the Civil War Reproduces and links primary and secondary sources to encourage exploration of the material Includes editorial introductions and study questions to aid understanding Trade Review“This anthology of sources for the Civil War era is a well contextualized collection of documents and secondary sources. Highlighted sections ask thought-provoking questions, directing students’ attention and challenging them to come to grips with the complexities of this era. This book is an extraordinary contribution to teaching. It is the textbook that teachers dream of finding.” Orville Vernon Burton, University of Illinois "The pulling together of all this material into one coherent volume represents a considerable editorial achievement, and one that highlights not just the most recent scholarly approaches to Civil War but also some of the reasons for the subject's perennial fascination for students, academics and the public alike." Journal of American StudiesTable of ContentsAcknowledgments. Introduction: The American Civil War in the Twenty-First Century. A Civil War Chronology. PART I: THE IMPENDING CRISIS. Essays (with Headnotes and Questions):. 1 “A House Divided” by Bruce Catton (1960). 2 “The Divided South, Democracy’s Limitations, and the Causes of the Peculiarly North American Civil War” by William W. Freehling (1997). Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):. 3 John Calhoun, speech on the Compromise of 1850. 4 Chapter 1, “In Which the Reader is Introduced to a Man of Humanity” from Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harried Beecher Stowe (1851). 5 Louisa S. McCord, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” (1853). 6 Escaped slave advertisements from The Key to Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1853). PART II: JUSTIFYING THE WAR. Essay (with Headnote and Questions):. 7 “The Spirit of ’61,” by George Fredrickson (1965). Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):. 8 Alexander Stephens, “The Confederate Cornerstone” (1861). 9 Keziah Goodwyn Hopkins Brevard, Diary entry, (1860). 10 The North Carolina Standard, “Disunion for Existing Causes,” editorial, (1860). 11 Alexander Stephens, A Constitutional View of the Late War Between the States (1868). III. THE BATTLE FRONT. Essay (with Headnote and Questions):. 12 ‘Dangled Over Hell’: The Trauma of the Civil War,” by Eric T. Dean, Jr. (1997). Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):. 13 Stephen Crane, The Red Badge of Courage (1895). 14 Wilbur Fisk, letter from the Peninsula Campaign, (1862). 15 “J.C.R.,” “The Battle of Fredricksburg,” Charleston Daily Courier (1863). 16 Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, a.k.a. Edwin R. Wakeman, Letter from the Red River (1864). PART IV: THE HOME FRONT. Essays (with Headnotes and Questions):. 17 Reid Mitchell, “The War at Home” (1990). 18 Jeanie Attie, “For the Boys in Blue: Organizing the U.S. Sanitary. Commission” (1998). Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):. 19 Gertrude Clanton Thomas, diary entry (1864). 20 Fannie Perry, letter to Norfleet Perry (1862). 21 Abraham Lincoln, letter to Lydia Bixby (1864). PART V: WARTIME ECONOMIES. Essay (with Headnote and Questions):. 22 Industrial Workers and the Costs of War” by Philip Paludan (1989?). Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):. 23 Wilbur J. Cash, The Mind of the South (1941). 24 Mary Herrick, letter to Secretary of War William Stanton (1863). 25 Corporal John H.P. Payne, Massachusetts 55th regiment, letter (1864). PART VI: SLAVERY DURING WARTIME. Essays (with Headnotes and Questions):. 26 A Loss of Mastery,” by James L. Roark (1978). 27 “‘Answering Bells is Played Out’: Slavery and the Civil War” by Tera Hunter (1999). Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):. 28 Mary Chestnut, diary entry (1861). 29 Sgt. George W. Hatton, letter from Wilson’s Landing, Virginia (1864). PART VII: EMANCIPATION. Essay (with Headnote and Questions):. 30 The Meaning of Freedom in the Age of Emancipation” by Eric Foner (1994). Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):. 31 Lydia Maria Child, letter to Abraham Lincoln (1862). 32 Abraham Lincoln, letter to Horace Greeley (1862). 33 Abraham Lincoln, Emancipation Proclamation (1862). 34 Frederick Douglass, “Emancipation Proclaimed, Douglass’ Monthly (1862). 35 Abraham Lincoln, Address at Gettysburg, (1863). 36 Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural (1865). VIII. RESISTANCE. Essay (with Headnote and Questions):. 37 A Multiplicity of Grievances,” by Iver Bernstein. Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):. 38 Abraham Lincoln, “Opinion on the Draft” (1863). 39 Adelaide Fowler, letter to Henry Fowler (1863). IX. WAR ON THE FRONTIER. Essay (with Headnote and Questions):. 40 The Way to Pea Ridge,” by Alvin Josephy, Jr. Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):. 41 St. Paul Pioneer Press, account of Sioux executions (1862). 42 Mary Livermore, “Patriotic Iowa” (1888). X. WARTIME POLITICS. Essays (with Headnotes and Questions):. 43 The Confederate South at High Tide,” by Emory Thomas (1979). 44 “To Finish the Task: The Election of 1864,” by William Gienapp (2002). Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):. 45 Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Chiefly About War Matters” (1862). 46 “Work,” the Boston Evening Transcipt (1864). XI. GENDER BATTLES. Essays (with Headnotes and Questions):. 47 What Shall We Do? Confederate Women Confront the Crisis,” by Drew Gilpin Faust (1999?). 48 “When God Made Me I Wasn’t Much, But I’s a Man Now,” by Jim Cullen (1992). Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):. 49 Benjamin Butler, General Order #28 (1862). 50 Harriet Tubman, letter from Beaufort, South Carolina (1863). 51 Louisa May Alcott, “Chapter One: Obtaining Supplies,” from Hospital Sketches (1863). XII. THE WRITTEN WAR. Essay (with Headnote and Questions):. 52 Popular Literary Culture in Wartime,” by Alice Fahs (2001). Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):. 53 Walt Whitman, “The Great Army of the Sick” (1863). 54 Walt Whitman, “A Sight in Camp in the Daybreak Gray and Dim” (1865?). 55 Julia Ward Howe, “Battle Hymn of the Republic” (1862). 56 Rebecca Harding Davis, “John Lamar” (1862). XIII. VICTORY AND DEFEAT. Essay (with Headnote and Questions):. 57 The Same Holy Cause,” by James McPherson (1997). Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):. 58 Sarah Morgan Dawson, diary entry (1865). 59 Chaplain Garland H. White, letter from Richmond (1865). XIV. RECONSTRUCTION. Essay (with Headnote and Questions):. 60 ‘Privilege’ and ‘Protection’: Civil and Political Rights During Reconstruction,” by Laura F. Edwards (1997). Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):. 61 Lydia Maria Child, letter to Sarah Shaw (1866). 62 Margaret Mitchell on the Freedmens’ Bureau, from Gone with the Wind (1936). 63 Thomas Dixon, “To the Reader,” from The Clansman (1904). 64 Emeline Brumfield, account of a Ku Klux Kan visit (date?). XV. MEMORY. Essay (with Headnote and Questions):. 65 Quarrel Forgotten or Revolution Remembered? Reunion and Race in the Memory of the Civil War, 1875-1913,” by David Blight (undated). Document Excerpt (with Headnote and Questions):. 66 Frederick Douglass, “The United States Cannot Remain Half-Slave and Half-Free” (1883)

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Book SynopsisThis new volume deals with two momentous and interrelated events in American history the American Civil War and Reconstructionand offers students a collection of essential documentary sources for these periods. Provides students with over 60 documents on the American Civil War and Reconstruction Includes presidential addresses, official reports, songs, poems, and a variety of eyewitness testimony concerning significant events ranging from 1833-1879 Contains an informative introduction focused on the kinds of materials available and how historians use them Each chapter ends with questions designed to help students engage with the material and to highlight key issues of historical debate Trade Review"This book is a useful tool that will find its way onto many syllabi in the upcoming years, including mine." (H-Net Reviews, 1 April 2011) "Harrold provides an excellent introduction with not only the historical facts, but also a solid discussion of the historiography. The introduction alone makes it valuable in the classroom. For instructors looking for a good set of primary documents to use in their upper-division Civil War courses, Harrold has provided a great service. Highly recommended.” (Choice, November 2008)Table of ContentsAcknowledgments. Introduction. I: Causes:. 1. [William Lloyd Garrison], Declaration of Sentiments of the American Anti-Slavery Society, 1833. 2. Henry Highland Garnet, Address to the Slaves of the U.S., 1843. 3. John C. Calhoun, Address of the Southern Delegates to Their Constituents,1849. 4. William H. Seward, Irrepressible Conflict, 1858. 5. Ballou’s Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, Slaves Picking Cotton, 1858. 6. John Brown, Last Speech, 1859. II: Disunion to War:. 1. South Carolina, Declaration of the Immediate Causes which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina, 1860. 2. John J. Crittenden, Crittenden Compromise Proposal, 1860. 3. Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, Jefferson Davis about to Become Provisional President of the Confederacy, 1861. 4. Daniel Decatur Emmett, I wish I was in Dixie’s Land, 1860. 5. Abraham Lincoln, First Inaugural Address, 1861. 6. Alexander H. Stephens, Cornerstone Speech, 1861. 7. Mary Boykin Chesnut, Approaching Conflict at Fort Sumter, 1861. III: Battles:. 1. William Howard Russell, First Battle of Bull Run, 1861. 2. Walt Whitman, “1861,” 1861. 3. William Monks, Battle of Wilson Creek and Guerilla War in Missouri, 1861-1862. 4. S. Dana Greene, The Monitor Battles The Virginia (Merrimac), 1862. 5. David H. Strother, Battle of Antietam, 1862. 6. Frank A. Haskell, Battle of Gettysburg, 1863. 7. Timothy O’Sullivan, Union Dead on the Gettysburg Battlefield, 1863. 8. Samuel E. Hope, Black-White Guerilla War in Florida, 1863. 9. James Longstreet, Battle of Chickamauga, 1863. 10. Robert E. Lee, Surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, 1865. 11. Ulysses S. Grant, General Report of Operations, 1865. IV: Soldiers’ Experiences:. 1. Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, A Woman in the New York Volunteers, 1862-1863. 2. Spencer Glasgow Welch, Preserving Discipline in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1863 3. Unattributed Photograph, Union Soldiers Recovering from Wounds, 1864. 4. Frank Holsinger, Union Soldiers under Fire, 1862-1864. 5. Jenkin Lloyd Jones, Religion and the Daily Lives of Union Soldiers in Alabama, 1864 6. Charles Minor Blackford, A Confederate Officer Observes the Siege of Petersburg, 1864 7. James S. Brisbin, U.S. Colored Cavalry in Virginia, 1864. 8. Unidentified U.S. Sanitary Commission Official, On Soldiers and Prostitutes, City Point, Virginia, 1864. 9. Eliza Frances Andrews, A Confederate Woman on Union Prisoners at Andersonville, 1865. V: Homefronts:. 1. Mary A. Ward, Confederate Women Prepare Their Men for War, 1861. 2. Regis de Trobriand, Corruption in Washington, D.C., 1862. 3. Julia A. Wilbur, Contraband Camps in Alexandria, Virginia, 1863. 4. [Dora Miller], Life in Besieged Vicksburg, 1863. 5. Sallie Brock Putnam, Richmond Bread Riot, 1863. 6. Illustrated London News, New York City Draft Riot, 1863. 7. John Greenleaf Whittier, Barbara Frietchie, 1864. VI: Political Perspectives:. 1. Julia Ward Howe, Battle Hymn of the Republic, 1862. 2. Horace Greeley and Abraham Lincoln, Union War Aims, 1862. 3. Joseph E. Brown, State Sovereignty in the Confederacy, 1862. 4. Abraham Lincoln, Emancipation Proclamation, 1863. 5. Clement L. Vallandigham, Northern Opposition to the Civil War, 1863. 6. Frederick Douglass, Men of Color to Arms, 1863. 7. Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address, 1863. 8. Bromley and Company, Democratic Caricature of Republican Racial Policy, 1864. 9. Robert Barnwell Rhett Jr., War for Slavery, 1865. 10. Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address, 1865. VII: The Trans-Mississippi West:. 1. U.S. Congress, Homestead Act, 1862. 2. John S. Smith, Sand Creek Massacre, 1864. 3. United States and Sioux Nation, Treaty of Fort Laramie, 1868. 4. Andrew J. Russell, Joining of the Rails, Promontory, Utah, 1869. VIII: Reconstruction:. 1. Abraham Lincoln, Presidential Reconstruction, 1863. 2. Alexander Gardner, African-American Refugees Amid Ruins of Richmond, 1865. 3. State Convention of the Colored People of South Carolina, Memorial To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, 1865. 4. Thaddeus Stevens, Congressional Reconstruction, 1865. 5. United States, Reconstruction Amendments. 6. National Woman Suffrage and Educational Committee, An Appeal to The Women of the United States, 1871. 7. Elias Hill, Ku Klux Klan Terrorism, 1871. 8. Albion W. Tourgee, Failure of Reconstruction, 1879. Suggested Reading. . . . .

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Book SynopsisHe reveals massive logistical operations as critical in determining the war's outcome.Trade ReviewA thoughtful treatise on an important subject related to war, culture, and society, Engineering Victory is a highly recommended reading. Civil War Books and Authors Highly recommended. All levels/libraries. Choice Army's description of Union Army engineers and their accomplishments is certainly thorough and impressive. he relates numerous examples of how the effective use of engineers led to victory while an ineffective application led to defeat. The Michigan Historical Review Thomas Army Jr. has produced an interesting and thought-provoking study of military engineering in the Civil War with which students of the war, logistics, and technology will have to reckon. Civil War Book Review This intriguing book illuminates much about markets and, particularly, about the "culture of the market" as financial capitalism began its will to power in America. Civil War Book ReviewTable of ContentsList of MapsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart II The Education and Management Gap1. Common School Reform and Science Education2. Mechanics' Institutes and Agricultural Fairs3. Building the RailroadsPart II4. Wanted: Volunteer Engineers5. Early Successes and Failures6. McClellan Tests His Engineers7. The Birth of the United States Military Railroad8. Summer–Fall 1862Part III9. Vicksburg10. Gettysburg11. Chattanooga12. The Red River and Petersburg13. Atlanta and the Carolina CampaignsConclusionNotesEssay on SourcesIndex

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Book SynopsisSuperior engineering skills among Union soldiers helped ensure victory in the Civil War. Engineering Victory brings a fresh approach to the question of why the North prevailed in the Civil War. Historian Thomas F. Army, Jr., identifies strength in engineeringnot superior military strategy or industrial advantageas the critical determining factor in the war's outcome. Army finds that Union soldiers were able to apply scientific ingenuity and innovation to complex problems in a way that Confederate soldiers simply could not match. Skilled Free State engineers who were trained during the antebellum period benefited from basic educational reforms, the spread of informal educational practices, and a culture that encouraged learning and innovation. During the war, their rapid construction and repair of roads, railways, and bridges allowed Northern troops to pass quickly through the forbidding terrain of the South as retreating and maneuvering Confederates struggled to cut supply lines anTrade ReviewHighly recommended.—ChoiceA thoughtful treatise on an important subject related to war, culture, and society, Engineering Victory is highly recommended reading.—Civil War Books and AuthorsArmy's description of Union Army engineers and their accomplishments is certainly thorough and impressive. He relates numerous examples of how the effective use of engineers led to victory while an ineffective application led to defeat.—The Michigan Historical ReviewThomas Army Jr. has produced an interesting and thought-provoking study of military engineering in the Civil War with which students of the war, logistics, and technology will have to reckon.—Civil War Book Review. . . Army has made a major contribution to the understanding of how engineering and technology played a vital role in Union victory. Every scholar interested in the Civil War, the Union war effort, and the history of technology should grapple with his arguments and their implications.—The Journal of Southern History. . . Engineering Victory deserves praise . . .—Journal of the Shenandoah Valley During the Civil War EraEngineering Victory will appeal to historians in the areas of technology, education, and military studies. Obviously, historians of science and technology will benefit the most from this book since it is primarily written for the purposes of highlighting engineering advancements and implementations by the Union Army during the Civil War . . . While Army does not deny that the Union had material and industrial advantages over the Confederacy, by examining the state of education in the North and the role Union engineers played in winning the war, he has opened a new avenue to explore in why the Civil War ended with a Union victory. Military historians would be wise to follow the trail that Army has started and continue this exploration of avenue of Civil War history.—Joshua Camper, University of Tennessee Martin, H-War Book ReviewsTable of ContentsList of MapsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart II The Education and Management Gap1. Common School Reform and Science Education2. Mechanics' Institutes and Agricultural Fairs3. Building the RailroadsPart II4. Wanted: Volunteer Engineers5. Early Successes and Failures6. McClellan Tests His Engineers7. The Birth of the United States Military Railroad8. Summer–Fall 1862Part III9. Vicksburg10. Gettysburg11. Chattanooga12. The Red River and Petersburg13. Atlanta and the Carolina CampaignsConclusionNotesEssay on SourcesIndex

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Book SynopsisStudents, history and Civil War buffs can have answers lickety split at their fingertips. This timeline in 6 laminated pages includes the critical people and events that played a part in this heroic and tragic turning point that fortified American pride. Suggested uses: ⢠Students - Review before relevant history tests, support class lessons and textbook, impress your teachers & professors ⢠Teachers/Professors - fact bank to build tests & quizzes, lesson plan support, reference for documentary film viewing, supplement to the textbook ⢠Reenactors - Indestructible reference during muddy Civil War reenactments reenactments

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Book SynopsisA complete list of all of the major campaigns as well as short biographies of key leaders and influential figures sheds light on the strategic manoeuvres of the war.Trade Review“This guide will prove indispensable on any expedition to explore Civil War history in America.”-hive.co.uk

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Book SynopsisSynopsis coming soon.......Trade Review"Certain to be the definitive one-volume Civil War encyclopedia." -- Library Journal"It is astonishing how much information this one volume contains. This is an indispensable book." -- David Herbert Donald, author of Lincoln

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Book SynopsisThe story of the Anarchy from the unique perspective of the two women at the centre of the struggle for the crown.Trade Review'This is a fascinating story that will appeal to anyone with an interest in the power plays of the medieval world.' -- All About History Magazine, February 2024'I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It gives an in depth account of The Anarchy, with background - the sinking of the White Ship is described in the prologue - and chapters on the next generation and the founding of the Angevin dynasty, so all in all this is a rounded study of the period, but always the emphasis is on the women and the parts they played. Couple this with the author's readable style, and it's a book which informs and entertains.' -- Reads, Writes, Reviews, January 2024'This book is rich in details and is so well written as Connolly takes the time to distinguish between the Matildas, which there are quite a few in this book, and explain how the conflict started and finally how it was concluded. I think if you want a fabulous book about the Anarchy and the women who defined this period, I highly recommend you check out, “Women of the Anarchy” by Sharon Bennett Connolly.' -- Adventures of a Tudor Nerd, January 2024'Connolly's writing is both engaging and informative, making this book a compelling read for anyone interested in the Anarchy and the remarkable women who defined this pivotal era in English history.' -- Medieval Latin, January 2024

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Book SynopsisA tale of a desert dweller on the battlefields of the South! The 43rd Mississippi Infantry of the Confederate States of America is the only regiment to have used a camel militarily east of the Mississippi. Referred to as the Camel Regiment, it was organized in 1862 and surrendered in 1865. Using a variety of resources, the author provides a roster of the regiment along with detailed information on the formation, battles, and controversies surrounding the men. From the acquisition of the African dromedary Old Douglas to carry baggage and musical instruments through his death at Vicksburg and the fate of his fellow soldiers, Bell provides an entertaining historical narrative of this little-known chapter in American history.

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Book SynopsisOne of the most intriguing and storied episodes of the Civil War, the 1862 Shenandoah Valley Campaign has previously been related only from the Confederate point of view. Moving seamlessly between tactical details and analysis of strategic significance, Peter Cozzens presents a balanced, comprehensive account of a campaign that has long been romanticised but little understood.Trade ReviewCozzens (The Darkest Days of the War) is an independent scholar and a master of Civil War military history at tactical and operational levels. He deploys a large body of unfamiliar primary material in this detailed analysis of a campaign less one-sided than the accepted view that it represented Union blundering and the triumph of Confederate planning and execution signaling the emergence of one of history's great generals, Stonewall Jackson. Without debunking Jackson, Cozzens describes a commander still learning his craft. Jackson's obsession with keeping his strategic intention to himself too often left his subordinates confused. As a tactician he tended to commit his forces piecemeal. The Union generals opposing him performed reasonably well in the context of divided command, inadequate logistics and constant micromanaging by Abraham Lincoln. In particular the president's concern for Washington's safety led him to withhold troops from McClellan's Peninsular Campaign—a decision Cozzens reasonably says enhanced McClellan's natural caution. Jackson's victories revitalized a Confederacy whose morale was at its lowest after a string of Union victories. The South now had a new hero, whose personal idiosyncrasies and overt religiosity only enhanced his appeal.- Publishers Weekly;""Examines, from both sides, a campaign that has been scrutinized from the Confederate side, but rarely closely examined from the Union perspective.""- Appalachian Heritage;""A welcome, much-needed addition to Civil War campaign studies; valuable to scholars and enthusiasts alike. Highly recommended.""- Choice;""An excellent, unbiased view of both sides in the early part of the war and is strongly recommended for those interested in how the soldiers and leadership conducted themselves during the 1862 Shenandoah campaign.""- On Point;""Utilizing his extensive collection of sources, the author paints for the reader an excellent description of the region in which the campaign took place. . . . Cozzen's book, both in its research and scope, will certainly surpass Robert G. Tanner's impressive Stonewall in the Valley as the standard work on the 1862 Valley Campaign.""- The Historian;""The definitive history of the Valley Campaign.""- Army Magazine;""Cozzens succeeds at recounting a version of this story which offers a more balanced, if not more complete, narrative of the campaign. . . . Cozzens' conclusions are well bolstered, his prose is clever and accessible to any public or academic audience, and common sense would dictate that Shenandoah 1862 will remain a relevant, if not definitive, look at Jackson and the Valley Campaign for years to come.""- H-Net Reviews;""Peter Cozzens' superb history of events in the Shenandoah Valley provides much greater depth and analysis than any study preceding it, and in the process enhances our larger understanding of the Civil War in the East. . . . Cozzens' artful narrative effectively mines both civilian and military perspectives. . . . This is a first-rate piece of research, well argued and engagingly presented. One can safely say that the history of the 1862 Shenandoah Valley campaign has been written for this generation.""- Military History of the West;""Able research presented in a careful, accurate, and critical manner. . . . Will become a ""must-have"" . . . for any serious student interested in the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862.""- H-Net Reviews;""A fresh look at the 1862 Valley Campaign. . . . Provides a fair discussion of the command and operational issues facing both sides . . . by far the best book . . . on the 1862 Valley Campaign.""- Journal of America's Military Past;""Cozzens uncovered a gratifying body of new primary source material and provides a fresh chronological narrative of a major Civil War campaign.""- Robert K. Krick, author of Stonewall Jackson at Cedar Mountain;""Well-written, informative, and entertaining. . . . An important new work giving the Northern perspective while at the same time taking a critical look at Jackson. . . . Highly recommended.""- TOCWOC A Civil War Blog;""Drawing from an impressive array of both Union and Confederate primary sources, Peter Cozzens has produced the most comprehensive and balanced study of the 1862 Shenandoah Valley Campaign to date. A fascinating, in-depth work of scholarship--and a great read!""- Kent Masterson Brown, author of Retreat from Gettysburg: Lee, Logistics, and the Pennsylvania Campaign;""As campaign literature, this book stands out as a superlative narrative. The sentence structure is succinct, the prose is scintillating, the characters and their environment are vividly portrayed and developed, and the chronology of the campaign is well-placed in chapters bookended by distinct and memorable introductions and conclusions. . . . Stand[s] out as the definitive work on the campaign.""- Virginia Magazine of History and Biography;""[A] well-researched study. . . . The most detailed account we are likely to see on the Valley Campaign.""- Roanoke Times;""Thought provoking. . . . [Cozzens] sets out to correct the record in the first balanced treatment of an iconic campaign in an iconic war. . . . Civil War buffs will gobble up this hefty volume and historians will dive in to agree or disagree with Cozzen's cogent analysis. . . . It doesn't get much better than Peter Cozzens with his trademark combination of solid research swept along by 'you were there' immediacy.""- Tennessee Advocate

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