History of the Civil War, 1861-1865

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ISBN: 9780486409009 | 0486409007
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Copyright: 5/27/1999

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Awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1917, this volume is widely regarded as the first unbiased history of the Civil War and one of the best single-volume studies of that conflict. It is remarkable for its scholarly research, objectivity and engrossing narrative style. "This very attractive volume is just what is now required to give the general reader a clear outline of the Civil War . . . It is well worthy of the welcome it has already received."-American Historical Review. Index. Notes. 2 maps. New introduction.


The Great Factor in Destruction of Slavery	p. 1
Theory of South Carolina	p. 2
Crittenden Compromise	p. 3
Southern Confederacy	p. 5
Lincoln's Inaugural Address	p. 6
Anderson and Fort Sumter	p. 7
Seward's Foreign Policy	p. 8
Bread for Anderson	p. 11
Bombardment of Fort Sumter	p. 13
Rising of the North	p. 16
Baltimore Riot	p. 17
The Blockade	p. 20
Supposed Danger to Washington	p. 21
The Border States	p. 24
The Civil War	p. 26
Unpreparedness	p. 30
Jefferson Davis	p. 34
Lincoln	p. 35
"On to Richmond"	p. 36
Battle of Bull Run	p. 39
The President's Courage	p. 43

Congress	p. 47
Slavery the Cause of the War	p. 49
Fremont	p. 50
McClellan	p. 56
Great Britain's Action	p. 64
English Sentiment	p. 65
Mason and Slidell	p. 70
English Precedents	p. 75
Lincoln and Seward	p. 79
Surrender of Mason and Slidell	p. 82

Simon Cameron	p. 84
Edwin M. Stanton	p. 85
Fort Donelson	p. 87
Surrender of Donelson	p. 91
Ulysses S. Grant	p. 92
McClellan's Dalliance	p. 95
Grant and Halleck	p. 96
Grant and Sherman Surprised at Shiloh	p. 98
Battle of Shiloh	p. 101
Lincoln and Grant	p. 108
The Blockade	p. 110
The Merrimac	p. 111
The Monitor	p. 114
Farragut--Fox	p. 118
Farragut's Capture of New Orleans	p. 119
McClellan's Peninsular Campaign	p. 125
Stonewall Jackson's Campaign	p. 128
"The Great Scare"	p. 130
Battle of Fair Oaks	p. 132
Robert E. Lee	p. 133
Battle of Gaines's Mill	p. 135
McClellan's Demoralization	p. 139
Lee and McClellan	p. 140
Lee and Jackson	p. 141
Seven Days' Battles	p. 143

Legal-Tender Act	p. 146
Lincoln's Attitude to Slavery	p. 149
Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation	p. 152
Lincoln and Greeley	p. 154
"Three Hundred Thousand More"	p. 155
Pope and Halleck	p. 157
Pope's Defeat	p. 160
McClellan Again in Command	p. 162
Lee's Invasion of Maryland	p. 164
Battle of Antietam	p. 170
Proclamation of Emancipation	p. 171

Fall Elections of 1862	p. 175
Alarm in Cincinnati	p. 176
Buell and Morton	p. 178
McClellan's Removal	p. 180
Unfortunate Choice of Burnside	p. 182
Battle of Fredericksburg	p. 184
The Cabinet Crisis	p. 187
Lincoln's Sagacity	p. 192
Lincoln--Chase	p. 194
Lincoln--Seward	p. 196
Battle of Stone's River	p. 199
Action of Congress	p. 202
Popular Feeling and Action	p. 205
Hooker in Command	p. 207
Battle of Chancellorsville	p. 211
Effect of Chancellorsville	p. 221

Lee's Invasion of Pennsylvania	p. 225
Meade Succeeds Hooker	p. 231
Battle of Gettysburg	p. 233
Pickett's Charge	p. 237
Lee--Meade	p. 244
Lincoln--Meade	p. 246
Grant's Expedition Against Vicksburg	p. 247
Vicksburg Campaign	p. 251
Grant	p. 254
Surrender of Vicksburg	p. 257

English Sentiment	p. 261
The Alabama	p. 263
English Mediation Proposed	p. 268
Gladstone	p. 269
Charles Francis Adams	p. 270
Earl Russell	p. 271
The Emperor of the French	p. 272
Anti-Slavery Sentiment	p. 273
The Times--Saturday Review	p. 276
Grote--Carlyle	p. 277
Dickens--Trollope--Tennyson	p. 278
Iron-Clad Rams	p. 279
England and France	p. 285

New York Draft Riot	p. 288
Meade	p. 291
Battle of Chickamauga	p. 294
Grant in Command	p. 296
Thomas--Grant	p. 297
Battle of Chattanooga	p. 298
Recruits Wanted	p. 300
Grant--Sherman--Thomas--Sheridan	p. 302

Grant	p. 303
Grant's Wilderness Campaign	p. 306
Battle of Cold Harbor	p. 311
Chattanooga--Atlanta Campaign	p. 314
Sherman--Thomas	p. 317
Lincoln--Chase	p. 318
Grant's Campaign	p. 320
Lincoln Renominated	p. 321

Lincoln--Grant	p. 323
Washington in Danger	p. 326
Disappointment in Grant	p. 328
Men Wanted	p. 331
Johnston--Hood	p. 332
Yearning for Peace	p. 333
Dissatisfaction with Lincoln	p. 334
Battle of Mobile Bay	p. 336
Capture of Atlanta	p. 337
Sheridan	p. 338
Lincoln Reelected	p. 339

Life at the North	p. 341
Privations of the War	p. 342
Postage Stamps Currency	p. 343
Fractional Currency	p. 345
Gloom--Despair	p. 346
Business Activity	p. 347
Arbitrary Arrests	p. 348
Copperheads	p. 350
Seymour--Vallandigham	p. 351
The Democrats	p. 351
Arbitrary Arrests	p. 354
Sanitary Fairs	p. 357
Trade with the South	p. 358
Grave Financial Position	p. 360
The Northern Governors	p. 361
Stanton--Lincoln	p. 363

Discomfort at the South	p. 366
Lack of Tea and Coffee	p. 367
Lack of Bread and Meat	p. 369
Difficulty of Transportation	p. 370
The Age of Iron	p. 374
Munitions of War	p. 377
Blockade Running	p. 378
The Negro Slaves	p. 381
Conscription at the South	p. 382
Carnival of Fiat Money	p. 384
High Prices in the Confederacy	p. 386
Impressment Imperative	p. 387
The Southern Women	p. 389
Distress and Privations	p. 389
Religious Feeling South	p. 391
Comparison Between South and North	p. 392
North--a Dictatorship	p. 394
South--a Socialized State	p. 395
Davis--Lincoln	p. 396

Sherman--Thomas	p. 398
Sherman's March to the Sea	p. 400
Living on the Country	p. 404
Destruction	p. 405
The Negroes	p. 408
Savannah Taken	p. 409
Grant--Thomas	p. 410
Battle of Nashville	p. 411
Thirteenth Amendment	p. 413
Distress in the Confederacy	p. 414
Lee--Jefferson Davis	p. 416
Hampton Roads Conference	p. 417
Lincoln's Magnanimity	p. 420

Sherman's March Northward	p. 422
South Carolina	p. 424
Sherman's Army	p. 426
Lincoln--Grant--Sherman	p. 428
Grant--Lee	p. 431
Evacuation of Richmond	p. 432
General Lee's Surrender	p. 434
Assassination of Lincoln	p. 437
The End of the War	p. 437
Notes	p. 439
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