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Book SynopsisA masterful account of the Civil War's turning point in the tradition of James McPherson's Crossroads of Freedom.Trade Review"Slotkin has produced an absorbing revisionist history of what could be called the second American Revolution." "An absorbing account... Slotkin paints a detailed portrait of the talented but flawed general who helped Lincoln bring about his revolution, if ever so unwillingly... Slotkin's description of the battle is essential to completing his meticulous, maddening portrait of McClellan." -- John Swansburg "Slotkin does an excellent job of tracing the strategies used by both sides." "Richard Slotkin has added significantly to the literature... Slotkin evokes drama and, where appropriate, dark humor in recalling what became an extraordinary test of civilian authority over the military... Slotkin is an accomplished social historian (and novelist) with a focus on war and race, and he brings all his considerable skills to bear in this book. What makes even his unsurprising conclusions unfold at such a gripping pace is his great gift for narrative. It is as if Carl Sandburg were writing again-but with footnotes-for the author is a master at telling a story, capturing a mood, bringing characters to life, and making substantive and well-documented historical points in the bargain." -- Harold Holzer "Slotkin tells a great story and for those interested in battle narratives, I have little doubt that you will enjoy his narration of Antietam... Slotkin does a great job laying out this conflict and how Lincoln managed to rid himself of the McClellan problem, issue the Emancipation Proclamation, and turn the Civil War into a holy war that ended slavery. Notably, Slotkin notes that the alleged international reasons for the Emancipation Proclamation are vastly overrated and it had little to no effect on British or French policy toward the conflict... The Long Road to Antietam will change how I teach the first two years of the war. In my world, that's a pretty high compliment." -- Erik Loomis "A remarkable piece of work, an eye-opening double history of a battle and a war." -- Randy Dotinga "A riveting, perceptive analysis of the Civil War campaigns of 1862, of the reasoning behind the Emancipation Proclamation and of the complex power struggle between President Abraham Lincoln and the 35-year-old Union Commander of the Army of the Potomac, Gen. George B. McClellan... This is one of the most moving and incisive books on the Civil War that I have ever read." -- Chris Patsilelis "Starred review. Historian Slotkin moves from his path-breaking studies of America's cultural mythology of violence to a set piece of real-life carnage in this gripping, multifaceted history of the Civil War's bloodiest day... Grounding military operations in political calculation and personal character, Slotkin gives us perhaps the richest interpretation yet of this epic of regenerative violence." "Throughout the book, the author exhibits his vast knowledge of the numerous generals involved in both sides of the conflict. Slotkin's comprehensive descriptions of the battles of 1862 show his deep understanding of the terrain, the difficulties of communication, the impossible logistics and the characters that influenced the outcome. The author deftly exposes his egocentric, messianic tendencies as he purposely prolonged the beginning of the conflict." "This is much more than another treatise on the battle itself. Yes, the movements and countermovements on the battlefield are there, but this sprawling book has multi-faceted tentacles which Slotkin, an award winning author and former university professor, skillfully weaves into a cohesive narrative... This is a thought-provoking book which goes well beyond the standard battle narratives and places Antietam in its full context as a significant point of change in U.S. domestic policy, a shift with far-reaching ramifications for the next century." -- Scott Mingus "In this engrossing book Richard Slotkin looks beyond that blood-drenched battlefield to explore how President Abraham Lincoln linked victory at Antietam to his decision to free slaves and declare that they could join the Union Army." -- Thomas B. Allen "Slotkin thus reminds us that the social violence of civil wars always create the potential for the overthrow of civil authority by a military dictatorship... An arresting account of a particular moment in the war: of a Washington atmosphere 'thick with treason.'" -- Stephanie McCurry

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Book SynopsisThe diplomatic dispatches included in this volume offer an insight into contemporary Anglo-American relations. The period covered witnessed the election of Abraham Lincoln, the secession crisis, the formation of the Confederacy and the first military confrontations of the war.

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Book SynopsisFrom the home front in Vermont to the battlefields of Virginia.

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Book SynopsisThis collection covers the period February 1862-March 1864, which constituted the final two years and one month that Rear-Admiral Sir Alexander Milne commanded the Royal Navy's North America and West India Station. Its chief focus is upon Anglo-American relations in the midst of the American Civil War. Whilst the most high-profile cause of tension between the two countries the Trent Affair had been resolved in Britain's favour by January 1862, numerous sources of discord remained. Most turned on American efforts to blockade the so-called Confederacy, efforts that often ran afoul of international law, not to mention British amour-propre. As commander of British naval forces in the theatre, Milne's decisions and actions could and did have a major impact on the state of affairs between his government and that of the US.While noting in one private exchange with the British ambassador to Washington, Richard, Lord Lyons, that he had been enjoined to abstain Table of ContentsIntroduction / Part I: February – June 1862 / Part II: July – December 1862 / Part III: January – June 1863 / Part IV: July – December 1863 / Part V: January – December 1864 / Sources and Documents / General Index / Ship Index

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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 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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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA readable and compelling narrative on slaves who sought freedom through the Underground Railroad."" - Florida Historical Quarterly""This slender volume packs a powerful punch. R. J. M. Blackett selects compelling stories that convey the deep and extensive networks essential to the operation of the Underground Railroad, its corrosive effect on the slave system, and role in the ultimate demise of slavery."" - Ohio Valley History""Gracefully written. . . . Clear and supported by evidence."" - The North Carolina Historical Review""[A] riveting book."" - Journal of Southern History""Blackett delivers many vivid accounts of escapes. . . as well as an illuminating discussion of slave catching and the organized kidnapping of free blacks."" - Journal of Interdisciplinary History""Employ[s] memorable microhistories that open[s] the door to . . . big interpretive questions."" - Louisiana History""A must-read for all scholars of American slavery and the [Underground Railroad]"" - West Virginia History""Making Freedom is a well-written and informative volume that provides valuable insights into the thinking undergirding the actions of freedom seekers and their supporters."" - Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography""It deserves its place on the growing shelf of studies of the Underground Railroad."" - The Annals of Iowa""Perceptively demonstrates that although marginalized, oppressed, and persecuted, formerly enslaved African Americans impacted 'the politics of scale' and determined the trajectory of the slavery debate in the United States."" - Journal of African American History""A valuable work of scholarship and an asset among the shelves of libraries both public and personal."" - New York History""The clarity of Blackett's vision make[s] this book suitable for a variety of audiences, including undergraduates, graduate students, and professional historians. Blackett's storytelling makes for compelling writing, while the implications of those stories stimulate thinking."" - Journal of the Civil War Era

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Book SynopsisMore than 150 years after the Civil War, scores of websites, articles, and organisations repeat claims that anywhere up to 100,000 African Americans fought in the Confederate army. Kevin Levin explains that imprecise contemporary accounts and poorly understood primary-source material have helped fuel the rise of the black Confederate myth.Trade Review“Levin's timely and telling account should be required reading for anyone who wants to understand the uses and abuses of history and the power and dangers of mythmaking.”--Library Journal, starred review

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Book SynopsisIn this eye-opening narrative of the efforts to raise, preserve, protest, and remove Confederate monuments, Karen Cox depicts what these statues meant to those who erected them and how a movement arose to force a reckoning.

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Book SynopsisExamines the threads connecting South and West America during the slaveholding era, and that undermined the radical promise of Reconstruction. Kevin Waite brings to light what contemporaries recognised but historians have described only in part: The struggle over slavery played out on a transcontinental stage.

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Book SynopsisPresents more than 120 letters from African Americans to Abraham Lincoln, most of which have never before been published. They offer unflinching, intimate, and often heart-wrenching portraits of Black soldiers' and civilians' experiences in wartime.

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Book SynopsisExamining the development of death registration systems in the United States - from the first mortality census in 1850 to the development of the death certificate at the turn of the century - this book argues that mortality data transformed life on Earth, proving critical to the systemization of public health, casualty reporting, and human rights.

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Book SynopsisBenjamin Franklin Butler was one of the most controversial military and political leaders of the Civil War and Reconstruction eras. Remembered most often for his uncompromising administration of the Federal occupation of New Orleans, Butler reemerges in this narrative as a man whose journey took him from destitution to wealth and influence.

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Book SynopsisRenowned military historian Jeffry Wert draws on the personal narratives of Union and Confederate troops to offer a gripping story of Civil War combat at its most difficult. Wert’s harrowing tale reminds us that the war’s story, often told through its commanders and campaigns, truly belonged to the common soldier.

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Book SynopsisTraces the struggles and triumphs of early female federal employees, who were caught between traditional, cultural notions of female dependence and an evolving movement of female autonomy in a new economic reality.

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Book SynopsisMore than 150 years after the end of the Civil War, scores of websites, articles, and organizations repeat claims that anywhere between 500 and 100,000 African Americans fought willingly as soldiers in the Confederate army. But as Kevin Levin argues, such claims would have shocked anyone who served in the army during the war itself.

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Book SynopsisOffers the definitive history of how formerly enslaved men and women pursued federal benefits from the Civil War to the New Deal and, in the process, transformed themselves from a stateless people into documented citizens.

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Book SynopsisIn recounting North Carolina Republican state senator John W. Stephens's murder, the subsequent investigation and court proceedings, and the long-delayed confessions that revealed what actually happened at the courthouse in 1870, Drew Swanson tells a story of race, politics, and social power shaped by violence and profit.

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Book SynopsisMosaic Fictions reveals the tensions between national and global affiliations in Spanish Civil War literature, highlighting writers such as Leonard Cohen, Dorothy Livesay, and Mordecai Richler.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction A Better Earth: Looking at Spain, Envisioning Canada 1. Love: Impossible War Romances 2. Sympathy: Cosmopolitan Combat and Postcolonial Spain 3. Community: Documenting Female Friendship in Spain 4. Inclusion: Elegizing Lorca Conclusion Remembrance: Envisioning Spain and Canada Now Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisIn terms of its popularity, as well as its production, chocolate was among the first foods to travel from the New World to Spain. Chocolate: How a New World Commodity Conquered Spanish Literature considers chocolate as an object of collective memory used to bridge the transatlantic gap through Spanish literary works of the early modern period, tracing the mention of chocolate from indigenous legends and early chronicles of the conquistadors to the theatre and literature of Spain. The book considers a variety of perspectives and material cultures, such as the pre-Colombian conception of chocolate, the commercial enterprise surrounding chocolate, and the darker side of chocolate’s connections to witchcraft and sex. Encapsulating both historical and literary interests, Chocolate will appeal to anyone interested in the global history of chocolate.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface 1. Introduction 2. Pre-Columbian Conceptions of Chocolate 3. Encountering Chocolate: What Is It Good For? 4. Chocolate Covered Commerce: How Chocolate Came into Popularity in the Old World 5. Chocolate in the Church: Ecclesiastical Debates on Chocolate and Fasting 6. Chocolate: A Prescription for Health? 7. Sinfully Delicious: The Darker Side of Chocolate 8. Conclusion 9. Epilogue: Chocolate Then and Chocolate Now Appendix Notes Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisUsing multiple languages, numerous archives, press reports, oral histories, letters, and memoirs, Stalin’s Niños investigates the well-resourced boarding schools designed specifically for nearly 3,000 child refugees from the Spanish Civil War.Trade Review"Besides telling an important story, the book raises a key theoretical question concerning the results of the double assimilation: How viable were its hybrid products and did they remain truly hybrid in the long-term perspective rather than eventually choosing just one part of their complex social identity?" -- Zukhra Kasimova * Ab Imperio *"This is a well-researched and insightful book that should find a broad readership among scholars of the Spanish Civil War, refugee movements, and Soviet history." -- Glennys Young, University of Washington * Bulletin of Spanish Studies *"This book is based on rich primary sources, including oral histories, memoirs, official documents from the Spanish archives in Madrid and Barcelona, and Russian archival holdings in Moscow. This broad range of sources creates a balanced, multifaceted narrative that sheds light on the professional dilemmas that children’s mentors and educators faced, as well as the lived experiences of Spanish niños as told in their own words." -- Zukhra Kasimova * Ab Imperio *"Qualls offers a unique perspective on the young Spanish Civil War refugees’ lives, while also shedding light on the connection between Soviet foreign and domestic policy on a larger scale." -- Mirjam Galley * Kritika *“In Stalin’s Niños, Qualls provides an exemplary model of how excellent scholarship can tell memorable stories about extraordinary lives.” -- E. Thomas Ewing Virginia Tech * American Historical Review *“The achievement of this excellent, highly readable, and meticulously researched book should not be understated.” -- Daniel Kowalsky, Queen’s University, Belfast * Journal of Family History *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations, Maps, and Tables Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. “Like Reaching Paradise after Being in Hell": The Turbulent Transition from Spain to the USSR 2. “We, the Spanish, Were like an Island”: Boarding Schools and Personnel as Loci and Models of Care and Soviet Values 3. Obuchenie: Classroom Instruction, Patriotism, and the Instilling of Soviet Values 4. Vospitanie: Kul’turnost’ and Kruzhki as Techniques of Normative Behaviour Training 5. Becoming Soviet in Traumatic Times: Life in War, 1939–1944 6. No Longer Children: Transitioning to Adulthood during War and Reconstruction Conclusion: Life after Stalin Glossary Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisWhile historians of medieval Spain have been unanimous in acknowledging the significance of Infante Manuel’s impact on the reign of his brother, Alfonso X, the Wise, and the rise to power of his nephew, Sancho IV, none have attempted a biography of his life, convinced there was insufficient material to justify the endeavour. Systematic and persistent research over many years, however, has uncovered a profusion of facts and figures which, together with the evidence discovered in numerous unedited archival documents, effectively establishes the prince as a major player during Alfonso’s troubled rule. This is the first and only book-length biography of Prince Manuel, the progenitor of the longest ruling dynasty in the history of Spain. In his capacity as the monarch’s closest advisor, Manuel assiduously maintained critical working relationships with the most notable leaders of his age, including James I and Peter III of Aragon, Louis IX and Philippe III of FTrade Review"Kinkade’s archival work and analysis are of undeniable value, and he has woven them into a historical narrative that is clear and at times quite lively. Most importantly, he demonstrates how Infante Manuel exerted diplomatic influence not only in the Iberian kingdoms, but on a larger Mediterranean stage that included the pope, the count of Savoy, and the sovereigns of England, France, Sicily, and Tunis. Ultimately, this book is a worthy capstone to Kinkade’s legacy as a scholar of medieval Iberia." -- Anita Savo, Boston University * Speculum *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Early Years: 1234–1252 2. The Royal Court in Seville: 1252–1259 3. The Papal Curia in Anagni: 1259–1260 4. Dominion in Murcia and the “Tierra de Don Manuel”: 1260–1272 5. Revolt of the Nobles and Last Pretense of Empire: 1272–1275 6. The House of Savoy: 1275 7. Problems of Succession: 1276–1282 8. The Rebellion of 1282–1284 Epilogue Documentary Appendix Abbreviations Bibliography Appendices Analytical Index

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Book SynopsisUsing multiple languages, numerous archives, press reports, oral histories, letters, and memoirs, Stalin’s Niños investigates the well-resourced boarding schools designed specifically for nearly 3,000 child refugees from the Spanish Civil War.Trade Review"Besides telling an important story, the book raises a key theoretical question concerning the results of the double assimilation: How viable were its hybrid products and did they remain truly hybrid in the long-term perspective rather than eventually choosing just one part of their complex social identity?" -- Zukhra Kasimova * Ab Imperio *"This is a well-researched and insightful book that should find a broad readership among scholars of the Spanish Civil War, refugee movements, and Soviet history." -- Glennys Young, University of Washington * Bulletin of Spanish Studies *"This book is based on rich primary sources, including oral histories, memoirs, official documents from the Spanish archives in Madrid and Barcelona, and Russian archival holdings in Moscow. This broad range of sources creates a balanced, multifaceted narrative that sheds light on the professional dilemmas that children’s mentors and educators faced, as well as the lived experiences of Spanish niños as told in their own words." -- Zukhra Kasimova * Ab Imperio *"Qualls offers a unique perspective on the young Spanish Civil War refugees’ lives, while also shedding light on the connection between Soviet foreign and domestic policy on a larger scale." -- Mirjam Galley * Kritika *“The achievement of this excellent, highly readable, and meticulously researched book should not be understated.” -- Daniel Kowalsky, Queen’s University, Belfast * Journal of Family History *“In Stalin’s Niños, Qualls provides an exemplary model of how excellent scholarship can tell memorable stories about extraordinary lives.” -- E. Thomas Ewing Virginia Tech * American Historical Review *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations, Maps, and Tables Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. “Like Reaching Paradise after Being in Hell": The Turbulent Transition from Spain to the USSR 2. “We, the Spanish, Were like an Island”: Boarding Schools and Personnel as Loci and Models of Care and Soviet Values 3. Obuchenie: Classroom Instruction, Patriotism, and the Instilling of Soviet Values 4. Vospitanie: Kul’turnost’ and Kruzhki as Techniques of Normative Behaviour Training 5. Becoming Soviet in Traumatic Times: Life in War, 1939–1944 6. No Longer Children: Transitioning to Adulthood during War and Reconstruction Conclusion: Life after Stalin Glossary Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn terms of its popularity, as well as its production, chocolate was among the first foods to travel from the New World to Spain. Chocolate: How a New World Commodity Conquered Spanish Literature considers chocolate as an object of collective memory used to bridge the transatlantic gap through Spanish literary works of the early modern period, tracing the mention of chocolate from indigenous legends and early chronicles of the conquistadors to the theatre and literature of Spain. The book considers a variety of perspectives and material cultures, such as the pre-Colombian conception of chocolate, the commercial enterprise surrounding chocolate, and the darker side of chocolate’s connections to witchcraft and sex. Encapsulating both historical and literary interests, Chocolate will appeal to anyone interested in the global history of chocolate.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface 1. Introduction 2. Pre-Columbian Conceptions of Chocolate 3. Encountering Chocolate: What Is It Good For? 4. Chocolate Covered Commerce: How Chocolate Came into Popularity in the Old World 5. Chocolate in the Church: Ecclesiastical Debates on Chocolate and Fasting 6. Chocolate: A Prescription for Health? 7. Sinfully Delicious: The Darker Side of Chocolate 8. Conclusion 9. Epilogue: Chocolate Then and Chocolate Now Appendix Notes Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisThis is the first graphic novel adaptation of Lazarillo de Tormes, an anonymous sixteenth-century work that is credited with founding the literary genre of the picaresque novel. This genre includes not only works by Spanish authors like Miguel de Cervantes but also famous novels in English and American literature featuring the anti-hero. This translated and modern retelling of Lazarillo de Tormes offers a new approach to old questions about a book that has puzzled readers and critics alike for centuries. Who was its mysterious author? Why did the Inquisition forbid this seemingly harmless book? Who read the book and how was it understood? These and other questions are recreated in the graphic novel, offering a broader vision of the fortunes and adversities of a book that against all odds became a literary classic.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1553 A Brief Note on the English Translation Four Editions The “Case” in Question Chapter One Characters Implicated in Lazarillo’s Editorial History 1599 Chapter Two 2019 Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Chapter Six Chapter Seven Bibliography

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Book SynopsisEmpire and Emancipation explores how the agency of Scottish and Irish Catholics redefined understandings of Britishness and British imperial identity in colonial landscapes. In highlighting the relationship of Scottish and Irish Catholics with the British Empire, S. Karly Kehoe starts an important and timely debate about Britain’s colonizer constituencies. The colonies of Nova Scotia, Cape Breton Island, Newfoundland, and Trinidad had some of the British Empire’s earliest, largest, and most diverse Catholic populations. These were also colonial spaces where Catholics exerted significant influence. Given the extent to which Scottish and Irish Catholics were constrained at home by crippling legislation, long-established patterns of socio-economic exclusion, and increasing discrimination, the British Empire functioned as the main outlet for their ambition. Kehoe shows how they engaged with and benefitted from the security needs of an expanding empire, the Table of ContentsIntroduction: Catholic Britons at the Atlantic Fringe Part I: Identity, Catholic Relief, and Imperial Security 1. Catholics, Colonies, and the Imperial State 2. Imperial Security and Catholic Relief 3. Colonial Catholics and Constitutional Change: Developments in Nova Scotia and Cape Breton Part II: Service, Education, and Political Influence 4. Engaging with Imperial Traditions: Military Mobilization and Slavery 5. Enabling Ambition through Education 6. The Decline of Lay Authority: Ecclesiastical Reorganization and Imperial Power in Trinidad and Newfoundland Conclusion

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Book SynopsisMaryland, My Maryland was one of the most popular Confederate songs during the American Civil War, yet its story is full of ironies that draw attention to the often painful and contradictory actions and beliefs that were both cause and effect of the war. James A. Davis illuminates the incongruities underlying this Civil War anthem and what they reveal about patriotism during the war.Trade Review"Maryland, My Maryland is a strong and important contribution to the field of Civil War history and hopefully will inspire others to take up their own microhistory research to shed more light on the most divisive period in US history."—David K. Graham, H-CivWar"Davis gives us some useful and often insightful observations about life, society, and popular culture during the war, and is at times quite amusing. Maryland, My Maryland is a good read for anyone with an interest in the Home Front during the war, or in American musical history, and, of course, in the still unfinished issues that brought about the war."—A. A. Nofi, Strategy Page"Moving chronologically through the Civil War years, Davis's book meticulously explores the song's origins, reception, use, and reuse, detailing the tension between the nation's love of a good melody and its conflicting ideas of what constitutes a good cause."—Stephanie Dunson, Journal of Southern History“James Davis sheds light on a crucial but understudied dimension of the conflict: the role of music in inspiring devotion to the causes for which both sides fought. He demonstrates an impressive command of the historical and musicological sources necessary to make his analysis persuasive.”—Michael W. Schaefer, professor of English at the University of Central Arkansas and author of A Reader’s Guide to the Short Stories of Stephen Crane “Once again Davis has approached the familiar subject of music in the Civil War with a remarkably fresh take on one of the era’s most popular songs. His latest contribution raises the level of academic inquiry and will stimulate new investigations into broader contexts for music that has often been mentioned but seldom taken seriously.”—Candace Bailey, professor of musicology at North Carolina Central University and author of Music and the Southern Belle: From Accomplished Lady to Confederate Composer“Davis’s historical acumen is impressive, and, combined with his knowledge of musicology, style, phrasing, and other numerous features of song-making, the reader is treated to a multidimensional view of the song. Maryland, My Maryland is not only readable; it is very enjoyable, even a page-turner. Davis is able to write to both the layman and the scholar without making either of them feel that they are trespassing on foreign ground. Anyone interested in the Civil War—really anyone who cares about the subject—will find great treasures in it.”—Randal Allred, professor of English at Brigham Young University–HawaiiTable of Contents Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Patriotic Music and the Civil War 1. Maryland and the Coming of War: Bargain Patriotism and the Need for an Anthem 2. Spring 1861: The Pratt Street Riot and the Birth of a Song 3. “Maryland, My Maryland”: Lyrics, Music, and Publication 4. Fall 1861: The Cary Invincibles, Flags, and Symbolic Patriotism 5. Spring 1862: Marylanders, the Military, and Regionalism 6. Summer 1862: Tropes, Class, and the Rise of an Anthem 7. Fall 1862: Antietam and the Battle of Parodies 8. Spring 1863: pows, Civilians, and Military Patriotism 9. Summer 1863: Gettysburg, Slavery, and the Patriotism of Sacrifice 10. Fall 1863: Women, Hospitals, and Diverging Audiences 11. 1864: Monocacy and the Victory of Song over State 12. 1865: Performing Patriotism and Nostalgia after Appomattox Epilogue: “Maryland, My Maryland” after the War Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIt's one thing to understand that over twenty-thousand Confederate and Union soldiers died at the Battle of Murfreesboro. It's quite another to study an ambrotype portrait of twenty-year-old private Frank B. Crosthwait, dressed in his Sunday best, looking somberly at the camera. In a tragically short time, he'll be found on the battlefield, mortally wounded, still clutching the knotted pieces of handkerchief he used in a hopeless attempt to stop the bleeding from his injuries. Private Crosthwait's image is one of more than 250 portraits - many never before published - to be found in the highly anticipated ""Portraits of Conflict: A Photographic History of Tennessee in the Civil War"". The eighth in the distinguished ""Portraits of Conflict"" series, this volume joins the personal and the public to provide a uniquely rich portrayal of Tennesseans - in uniforms both blue and gray - who fought and lost their lives in the Civil War. Here is the story of a widow working as a Union spy to support herself and her children. Of a father emerging from his house to find his Confederate soldier son dying at his feet. Of a nine-year-old boy who attached himself to a union regiment after his mother died. Their stories and faces, joined with personal remembrances from recovered letters and diaries and ample historical information on secession, famous battles, surrender and Reconstruction, make this new ""Portraits of Conflict"" a Civil War treasure.Trade ReviewA major contribution and welcome addition to . . . Civil War history." —The Journal of Southern History"A sensibly priced, beautifully produced photographic history." —Civil War History"A splendid addition to the graphic literature of the sectional conflict." —Choice"We now have another window to view America's bloodiest war." —Raleigh News and Observer"A must for the shelves of any serious student of the war." —Arkansas Democrat-Gazette"Destined to become a collector's item . . . first class." —The Civil War News"Authoritative, handsome volumes of this kind are a pure delight." —Southwestern Historical Quarterly

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Book SynopsisThis visually rich volume presents Harry G. Lang's groundbreaking study of deaf people's experiences in the Civil War. Based on meticulous archival research, Fighting in the Shadows reveals the stories of both ordinary and extraordinary deaf soldiers and civilians who lived during this transformative period in American history. Lang documents the participation of deaf soldiers in the war, whose personal tests of fortitude and perseverance have not been previously explored. There were also many deaf people in noncombat roles whose stories have not yet been told clerks and cooks, nurses and spies, tradespeople supporting the armies, farmers supplying food to soldiers, and landowners who assisted (or resisted) troops during battles. Deaf writers, diarists, and artists documented the war. Even deaf children contributed actively to the war efforts. Lang pieces together hundreds of stories, accompanied by numerous historical images, to reveal a powerful new perspective on the Civil War. These soldiers and civilians were not "disabled" by their deafness. On the contrary, despite the marginalization and paternalism they experienced in society, they were able to apply their skills and knowledge to support the causes in which they ardently believed. Fighting in the Shadows is a story of how deaf civilians and soldiers put aside personal concerns about deafness, in spite of the discrimination they faced daily, in order to pursue a cause larger than themselves. Yet their stories have remained in the shadows, leaving most Americans, hearing and deaf, largely unaware of the deaf people who made significant contributions to the events that changed the course of our nation's history. This book provides new insights into Deaf history as well as into mainstream interpretations of the Civil War.

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Book SynopsisFew events in American history have been studied more closely than the Civil War, this book is an examination of the effort to chronicle it. Topics covered include battlefield operations and the impact of race and gender.

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Book SynopsisBrilliant and devout, William Porcher DuBose (1836-1918) considered himself a man of thought rather than of action. During the Civil War, he discovered that he was both, distinguishing himself as an able and courageous Confederate officer in the Holcombe Legion and later as a dedicated chaplain in Kershaw's Brigade. Published for the first time, these previously unknown letters of DuBose chronicle his Civil War actions with these two celebrated South Carolina units and make an important contribution to the literature and history of the war. They also advance our understanding of DuBose's burgeoning religious ideals as a Civil War combatant who would later become one of the foremost theologians of the Episcopal Church and a distinguished professor at the University of the South. A native of Winnsboro, South Carolina, DuBose was studying to enter the Episcopal priesthood when the war began. After struggling with the question of secular and spiritual obligations, he decided to join in the defense of the Confederacy and began a long and varied career as a soldier. After service in the lowcountry during the first year of the war, he was thrust into the thick of combat in Virginia, where he was wounded twice and taken as a prisoner of war. After being exchanged and returned to duty in 1862, DuBose was wounded again at the battle of Kinston in North Carolina, and a year later influential friends arranged for his appointment as chaplain in Kershaw's Brigade. He continued to share in the hazards of combat with the men to whom he ministered as they fought in the battles of Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, and Cedar Creek in 1864. Adroitly edited by W. Eric Emerson and Karen Stokes, the more than 150 letters collected here prove DuBose to be a man of uncompromising duty to his faith, fellows, and the Confederate cause. He references his interactions with prominent figures of the day, including General Nathan ""Shanks"" Evans, John L. Girardeau, John Johnson, Colonel Peter F. Stevens, General Joseph B. Kershaw, Louisa Cheves McCord, and General John Bratton. Also included here are DuBose's wartime courtship letters to his fiancée and later wife, Anne Peronneau DuBose. Collectively these extraordinary documents illustrate the workings of a mind and heart devoted to his religion and dedicated to service in the Confederate ranks.

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Book Synopsis"Phillip Paludan has combined the findings of the social sciences with an exercise in la petite histoire to create an intriguing study. From his base point, the massacre of thirteen Unionist mountaineers at Shelton Laurel, North Carolina, the author expands the investigation to embrace larger issues, such as the impact of the Civil War on small communities, the causation and characteristics of guerrilla warfare, and the focus underlying human perversity."?Civil War History". . . the definitive history of the Shelton Laurel Massacre, but more important it is a pathbreaking study of a principal theater of the guerrilla aspect of the Civil War. Paludan has succeeded admirably in rooting a historically neglected topic in the lives of ordinary people."?Frank L. Byrne, American Historical Review"The questions Paludan asks about Shelton Laurel in 1863 are appropriate to My Lai in 1968 and Auschwitz in 1944. Victims is not only a good book; it is also an important book. And it is a profoundly disturbing book."?Emory M. Thomas, Georgia Historical Quarterly"Outwardly a superb analysis of the impact of war and war-time atrocity on the life of a remote mountain community, this slim volume harbors far-reaching implications for the study of class conflict and the modernization process in the Appalachian region."?Ron Eller, Appalachian Journal

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Book SynopsisAround the turn of the last century, feelings of patriotism, nationalism, and sectional reconciliation swept the United States and led to a nationwide memorialization of American military history in general and the Civil War in particular. The 1894 establishment of the Shiloh National Military Park, for example, grew out of an effort by veterans themselves to preserve and protect the site of one of the Civil War’s most important engagements.Returning to the Pittsburg Landing battlefield, Shiloh veterans organized themselves to push the Federal government into establishing a park to honor both the living participants in the battle and those who died there. In a larger sense, these veterans also contributed to the contemporaneous reconciliation of the North and the South by focusing on the honor, courage, and bravery of Civil War soldiers instead of continuing divisive debates on slavery and race.This Great Battlefield of Shiloh tells the story of their efforts from the end of the battle to the park’s incorporation within the National Park Service in 1933. The War Department appointed a park commission made up of veterans of the battle. This commission surveyed and mapped the field, purchased land, opened roads, marked troop positions, and established the historical interpretation of the early April 1862 battle. Many aged veterans literally gave the remainder of their lives in the effort to plan, build, and maintain Shiloh National Military Park for all veterans. By studying the establishment and administration of parks such as the one at Shiloh, the modern scholar can learn much about the mindsets of both veterans and their civilian contemporaries regarding the Civil War. This book represents an important addition to the growing body of work on the history of national remembrance.

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Book SynopsisChimborazo Hospital, just outside Richmond, Virginia, served as the Confederacy’s largest hospital for four years. During this time, it treated nearly eighty thousand patients, boasting a mortality rate of just over 11 percent. This book, the first full-length study of a facility that was vital to the Southern war effort, tells the story of those who lived and worked at Chimborazo.Organized by Dr. James Brown McCaw, Chimborazo was an innovative hospital with well-trained physicians, efficient stewards, and a unique supply system. Physicians had access to the latest medical knowledge and specialists in Richmond. The hospital soon became a model for other facilities. The hospital’s clinical reputation grew as it established connections with the Medical College of Virginia and hosted several drug and treatment trials requested by the Confederate Medical Department.In fascinating detail, Chimborazo recounts the issues, trials, and triumphs of a Civil War hospital. Based on an extensive study of hospital and Confederate Medical Department records found at the National Archives, along with other primary sources, the study includes information on the patients, hospital stewards, matrons, and slaves who served as support staff. Since Chimborazo was designated as an independent army post, the book discusses other features of its organization, staff, and supply system as well. This careful examination describes the challenges facing the hospital and reveals the humanity of those who lived and worked there.

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Book SynopsisKnown as one of the most aggressive Confederate officers in the Western Theater, Brigadier General Alfred Jefferson Vaughan Jr. is legendary for having had eight horses shot out from under him in battle—more than any other infantry commander, Union or Confederate. Yet despite the exceptional bravery demonstrated by his dubious feat, Vaughan remains a largely overlooked Civil War leader. In Confederate Combat Commander, Lawrence K. Peterson explores the life of this unheralded yet important rebel officer before, during, and after his military service. A graduate of Virginia Military Institute, Vaughan initially commanded the Thirteenth Tennessee Infantry Regiment, and later Vaughan’s Brigade. He served in the hard-fought battles of the western area of operations in such key confrontations as Shiloh, Perryville, Stones River, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, and the Atlanta Campaign. Tracing Vaughan’s progress through the war and describing his promotion to general after his commanding officer was mortally wounded, Peterson describes the rise and development of an exemplary military career, and a devoted fighting leader. Although Vaughan was beloved by his troops and roundly praised at the time—in fact, negative criticism of his orders, battlefield decisions, or personality cannot be found in official records, newspaper articles, or the diaries of his men—Vaughan nevertheless served in the much-maligned Army of Tennessee. This book thus assesses what responsibility—if any—Vaughan bore for Confederate failures in the West. While biographies of top-ranking Civil War generals are common, the stories of lower-level senior officers such as Vaughan are seldom told. This volume provides rare insight into the regimental and brigade-level activities of Civil War commanders and their units, drawing on a rich array of privately held family histories, including two written by the general himself.

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Book SynopsisPresents research on how Texans experienced Civil war. This book takes you from the battlefront to the home front, ranging from inside the walls of a Confederate prison to inside the homes of women and children left to fend for themselves while their husbands and fathers were away on distant battlefields.

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Book SynopsisTwo Counties in Crisis offers a rare opportunity to observe how local political cultures are transformed by state and national events. Utilizing an interdisciplinary fusion of history and political science, Robert J. Dillard analyzes two disparate Texas counties—traditionalist Harrison County and individualist Collin County—and examines four Reconstruction governors (Hamilton, Throckmorton, Pease, Davis) to aid the narrative and provide additional cultural context. Commercially prosperous and built on slave labor in the mold of Deep South plantation culture, East Texas’s Harrison County strongly supported secession in 1861. West Texas’s Collin County, characterized by individual and family farms with a limited slave population, favored the Union. During Reconstruction, Collin County became increasingly conservative and eventually bore a great resemblance to Harrison County. By 1876 and the ratification of the regressive Texas Constitution, Collin County had become firmly resistant to all aspects of Reconstruction.

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Book SynopsisAsia Booth Clarke's memoir is an indispensable resource for perceiving the complexities of her ill-fated brother. Indeed, as has been said, she ""turns on the light in the Booth family living room."" Certainly no outsider could give such insights into the turbulent Booth's childhood or share such unique personal knowledge of the gifted actor. Asia portrays him as an enigmatic figure, at once gentle and romantic while passionate and fanatical. She writes with a sister's affection and even with indulgence, but she mingles these with horror as she confronts the calamitous aftermath the assassination of Lincoln brought to Booth and to his family.

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Book SynopsisWilliam Watson spent two years evading Union gunboats and dealing with the ""sharpers"" who fed off the misfortune of the Civil War. In 1892, using log books, personal papers, and business memoranda, he published this ""plain, blunt,"" account of ""events just as they happened."" The result was a classic adventure tale whose careful description of seafaring in the 1860s gives us a glimpse into a world now closed to us. Watson is the protagonist, but he shares his story with his ship, the Rob Roy, a center-board schooner whose shallow draft and wide beam made it the ideal vessel for slipping over shoals and dashing in and out of blockaded ports. He peoples his account with the good, the bad, and the unlucky, from the likeable and irrepressible Capt. Dave McLusky to the loathsome and dishonest Mr. R. M. He takes his reader from Havana, where land sharks greet incoming sailors, to Galveston, where sharp businessmen and corrupt officials connive to confiscate both profits and ships. His crew braves gales and a hurricane, and he survives plots against his ship and his life. This adventure story is held together by the nuts and bolts of sailing. Watson's discussion of why sail was superior to steam for running blockades is superb; his detailed accounts of outrunning Federal cruisers are fascinating. Through it all, he maintains his honor and guards his profits. For the reader who wants to ply the Gulf of Mexico under sail, play the lottery in Havana, and visit Texas when it was ""a new country,"" Watson is the perfect guide to run the blockade that time imposes on posterity.

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Book SynopsisAs Charles Frazier's novel Cold Mountain dramatizes, dissenters from the Confederacy lived in mortal danger throughout the South. In scattered pockets from the Carolinas to the frontier in Texas, these dissenters, or ""brush men,"" often died at the hands of their own neighbors as a result of their belief in the Union or an unwillingness to preserve the slaveholding Confederacy. Brush Men and Vigilantes tells the story of how dissent, fear, and economics developed into mob violence in the Sulphur Forks river valley northeast of Dallas. Authors David Pickering and Judy Falls have combed through court records, newspapers, letters, and other primary sources and have collected extended-family lore to relate the details of how vigilantes captured and killed more than a dozen men. Betrayed by links to a well-known Union guerrilla, many dissenters were captured, tried in mock courts, and hanged. Still others met their death by sniper fire or private execution. Their story begins before the Civil War, as the authors describe the particular social and economic conditions that gave rise to such tension and violence. Four more chapters follow, each detailing the horror and hysteria that characterized post-Civil War Texas.Trade Review...a fine example of how, with breadth and depth of research and a good grasp of the historiographical issues, local history can personalize the great events of politics and war. - Journal of Southern History

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Book SynopsisIn today's Texas, with its growing urban populations and big-city lifestyles, it is worth remembering that in 1850 only 10 percent of Texans lived in towns with as many as 100 people. The rest - of various ethnic and racial groups - lived off the land, which was blessedly suited to a profitable variety of crops and livestock and also provided an abundance of wildlife free for the taking. In Texas Roots, C. Allan Jones reminds us that the economic wealth of modern Texas arose from its agricultural heritage, a rich mixture of practices and traditions including: Caddo hunting, gathering, gardening, and farming; Irrigated agriculture at Spanish missions; Hispanic ranching; Slave-based plantations; Small-scale farmers and ranchers; Through time, people adapted the agricultural technologies, laws, and customs of New Spain, Mexico, Europe, and the South to their own practical, institutional, and legal needs. The result was a particularly Texan system that would serve as the foundation for the state's economic strength after the Civil War. Texas Roots spotlights the connection between Texans and the land, bringing alive an aspect of the state's history that contributed immeasurably to its identity and prosperity.

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