The Civil War archive : the history of the Civil War in documents
Record details
- ISBN: 1579121101
- ISBN: 1579124135
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Physical Description:
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854 pages : maps ; 29 cm - Publisher: New York : Black Dog & Leventhal, [2000]
- Distributor: Distributed by Workman Pub. Co.
- Copyright: ©2000
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Rev. edition of: The Blue and the Gray. 1950. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 829-846) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | I. Darkening Clouds 39 -- 1. Abraham Lincoln Is Nominated in the Wigwam / Murat Halstead 39 -- 2. "First Gallant South Carolina Nobly Made the Stand" 42 -- 3. "She Has Left Us in Passion and Pride" / Oliver Wendell Holmes 43 -- 4. Lincoln Refuses to Compromise on Slavery / Abraham Lincoln 44 -- 5. Mayor Fernando Wood Recommends the Secession of New York / Fernando Wood 45 -- 6. Lincoln Is Inaugurated 47 -- 7. "We Are Not Enemies But Friends" / Abraham Lincoln 50 -- 8. Mr. Lincoln Hammers Out a Cabinet / Thurlow Weed 51 -- 9. Seward Tries to Take Charge of the Lincoln Administration 52 -- 10. Confederacy Organizes at Montgomery / T. C. DeLeon 54 -- 11. Constitution of the Confederate States of America 56 -- 12. A War Clerk Describes Davis and His Cabinet / J. B. Jones 58 -- 13. Sam Houston Refuses to Go with His State / Sam Houston 59 -- 14. Inaugural Address of Jefferson Davis / Jefferson Davis 61 -- II. Conflict Precipitated 65 -- 1. Mrs. Chesnut Watches the Attack on Fort Sumter / Mary Boykin Chesnut 65 -- 2. Abner Doubleday Defends Fort Sumter / Abner Doubleday 69 -- 3. "The Heather Is on Fire" 71 -- 4. "The Spirit of Virginia Cannot Be Crushed" / John Tyler, Julia Tyler 75 -- 5. "I Am Filled with Horror at the Condition of Our Country" / Jonathan Worth 77 -- 6. A Northern Democrat Urges Peaceful Separation / J. L. O'Sullivan 78 -- 7. "The Race of Philip Sidneys Is Not Extinct" / John Lothrop Motley 79 -- 8. Supreme Court Upholds the Constitution / Robert Grier 80 -- III. Gathering of the Hosts 83 -- 1. "Our People Are All United" / Henry William Ravenel 84 -- 2. Southern Ladies Send Their Men Off to War / Mary A. Ward 85 -- 3. North Builds a Vast Army Overnight / Edward Dicey 87 -- 4. Northern Boys Join the Ranks 89 -- 5. Baltimore Mobs Attack the Sixth Massachusetts / Frederic Emory 93 -- 6. Frank Wilkeson Goes South with Blackguards, Thieves, and Bounty Jumpers / Frank Wilkeson 96 -- 7. Supplying the Confederacy with Arms and Ammunition / E. P. Alexander 98 -- 8. How the Army of Northern Virginia Got Its Ordnance / William Allan 99 -- 9. Secretary Benjamin Recalls the Mistakes of the Confederate Congress / Judah P. Benjamin 101 -- 10. Northern Ordnance / Comte de Paris 102 -- IV. Bull Run and the Peninsular Campaign 105 -- 1. A Confederate Doctor Describes the Victory at First Bull Run / J. C. Nott 106 -- 2. "Bull Run Russell" Reports the Rout of the Federals / William Howard Russell 108 -- 3. Stonewall Jackson Credits God with the Victory / Thomas J. Jackson 112 -- 4. "The Capture of Washington Seems Inevitable" / Edwin M. Stanton 113 -- 5. McClellan Opens the Peninsular Campaign / George B. McClellan 113 -- 6. General Wool Takes Norfolk / Egbert L. Viele 115 -- 7. Army of the Potomac Marches to Meet McClellan / Sallie Putnam 117 -- 8. R. E. Lee Takes Command / Evander M. Law 117 -- 9. "Beauty" Stuart Rides Around McClellan's Army / John Esten Cooke 119 -- 10. Oliver Norton Fights Like a Madman at Gaines' Mill / Oliver W. Norton 123 -- 11. End of Seven Days 125 -- 12. Richard Auchmuty Reviews the Peninsular Campaign / Richard Auchmuty 128 -- V. Stonewall Jackson and the Valley Campaign 131 -- 1. Dick Taylor Campaigns with Jackson in the Valley / Richard Taylor 132 -- 2. Taylor's Irishmen Capture a Battery at Port Republic / Richard Taylor 138 -- 3. Colonel Wolseley Visits Stonewall Jackson / Lord Wolseley 140 -- 4. Henry Kyd Douglas Remembers Stonewall Jackson / Henry Kyd Douglas 141 -- VI. Second Bull Run and Antietam 145 -- 1. "Who Could Not Conquer with Such Troops as These?" / Robert L. Dabney 146 -- 2. Jackson Outsmarts and Outfights Pope at Manassas / John H. Chamberlayne 147 -- 3. Pope Wastes His Strength on Jackson / David M. Strother 149 -- 4. Longstreet Overwhelms Pope at Manassas / Alexander Hunter 152 -- 5. "Little Mac" Is Reappointed to Command 157 -- 6. McClellan "Saves His Country" Twice / George B. McClellan 159 -- 7. McClellan Finds the Lost Order / George B. McClellan 163 -- 8. McClellan Forces Turner's Gap and Crampton's Gap / David M. Strother 164 -- 9. Bloodiest Day of the War / David M. Strother 166 -- 10. Hooker Hammers the Confederate Left--in Vain 170 -- 11. Desperate Fighting along Bloody Lane 175 -- 12. "The Whole Landscape Turns Red" at Antietam / David I. Thompson 179 -- VII. Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville 183 -- 1. Lincoln Urges McClellan to Advance / Abraham Lincoln 184 -- 2. Burnside Blunders at Fredericksburg 185 -- 3. Gallant Pelham at Fredericksburg / John Esten Cooke 190 -- 4. Night on the Field of Fredericksburg / J. L. Chamberlain 192 -- 5. Lincoln Appoints Hooker to the Command of the Army / Abraham Lincoln 194 -- 6. Lee Whips Hooker at Chancellorsville / Charles F. Morse 195 -- 7. Pleasonton Stops the Confederates at Hazel Grove / Alfred Pleasonton 198 -- 8. Stuart and Anderson Link Up at Chancellorsville / Heros von Borcke 200 -- 9. Lee Loses His Right Arm / James Power Smith 202 -- VIII. How the Soldiers Lived: Eastern Front 205 -- 1. Theodore Winthrop Recalls a Typical Day at Camp Cameron / Theodore Winthrop 205 -- 2. Abner Small Paints a Portrait of a Private in the Army of the Potomac / Abner Small 207 -- 3. Life with the Thirteenth Massachusetts / Charles E. Davis 209 -- 4. Minutiae of Soldier Life in the Army of Northern Virginia / Carlton McCarthy 212 -- 5. Inventions and Gadgets Used by the Soldiers / John D. Billings 216 -- 6. Hardtack and Coffee / John D. Billings 217 -- 7. "Starvation, Rags, Dirt, and Vermin" / Randolph Abbott Shotwell 220 -- 8. Voting in the Field 222 -- 9. Red Tape, North and South 223 -- 10. Confederates Get Religion 225 -- IX. Incidents of Army Life: Eastern Front 227 -- 1. How It Feels to Be under Fire / Frank Holsinger 227 -- 2. Fitz John Porter Views the Confederates from a Balloon / George A. Townsend 229 -- 3. Stuart's Ball Is Interrupted by the Yankees / Heros von Borcke 231 -- 4. Foreigners Fight in the Northern Army / George B. McClellan 233 -- 5. With "Extra Billy" Smith at York / Robert Stiles 235 -- 6. Blue and Gray Fraternize on the Picket Line / Alexander Hunter 237 -- 7. Life with the Mosby Guerrillas / John W. Munson 238 -- 8. Rebel and Yankee Yells / J. Harvie Dew 240 -- 9. Women Among the Ranks 241 -- X. From Fort Donelson to Stones River 245 -- 1. Grant Wins his Spurs at Belmont / Eugene Lawrence 245 -- 2. U. S. Grant Becomes Unconditional Surrender Grant / U.S. Grant 247 -- 3. With the Dixie Grays at Shiloh / Sir Henry Morton Stanley 252 -- 4. An Illinois Private Fights at the Hornet's Nest / Leander Stillwell 257 -- 5. Orphan Brigade Is Shattered at Stones River / L. D. Young 262 -- XI. Struggle for Missouri and the West 265 -- 1. Cotton Is King at the Battle of Lexington / Samuel Phillips Day 265 -- 2. Guerrilla Warfare in Missouri / William Monks 268 -- 3. Tide Turns at Pea Ridge / Franz Sigel 270 -- 4. Confederates Scatter after Pea Ridge / William Watson 272 -- 5. Quantrill and His Guerrillas Sack Lawrence / Gurdon Grovenor 275 -- 6. Colonel Bailey Dams the Red River / David D. Porter 277 -- 7. Price Invades the North and Is Defeated at Westport / Wiley Britton 280 -- XII. How the Soldiers Lived: Western Front 283 -- 1. John Chipman Gray Views the Western Soldier / John Chipman Gray 283 -- 2. A Wisconsin Boy Complains of the Hardships of Training / Chauncey H. Cooke 284 -- 3. Religion and Play in the Army of the Tennessee / Jenkin Lloyd Jones 285 -- 4. Great Revival in the Army of Tennessee / T. J. |
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