Civil War America: Making a Nation, 1848-1877Routledge, 2014 M06 6 - 402 pages The American Civil War was without doubt the defining event in the history of the United States. This up-to-date analyisis of a critical period goes beyond the origins, course and consequences of the Civil War to bring in other important themes such as racial conflict, gender relations, religion, the popular memory and state formation. |
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... Washington , DC Southern Historical Collection , University of North Carolina Library , Chapel Hill , NC WASHINGTON TERRITORY ( Organized 1853 ) TERRITORY MINNESOTAT NEW MEXICO ABBREVIATIONS Abbreviations.
... Washington , DC Southern Historical Collection , University of North Carolina Library , Chapel Hill , NC WASHINGTON TERRITORY ( Organized 1853 ) TERRITORY MINNESOTAT NEW MEXICO ABBREVIATIONS Abbreviations.
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... Washington DELAWARE Indianapolis VIRGINIA Louisville Richmond MISSOURI ( 1821 ) KENTUCKY ( 1792 ) Raleigh ARKANSAS INDIAN ( 1836 ) Memphis ( 1796 ) Wilmington TERRITORY SOUTH CAROLINA Lime Rock Vicksburg MISSISSIPPI ALABAMA ( 1812 ) ...
... Washington DELAWARE Indianapolis VIRGINIA Louisville Richmond MISSOURI ( 1821 ) KENTUCKY ( 1792 ) Raleigh ARKANSAS INDIAN ( 1836 ) Memphis ( 1796 ) Wilmington TERRITORY SOUTH CAROLINA Lime Rock Vicksburg MISSISSIPPI ALABAMA ( 1812 ) ...
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... Washington DELAWARE GRANT 1864 Appomattox GRANT Richmond MCCLELLAN 1865 1862 Nashville NORTH CAROLINA SHERMAN 1865 SOUTH CAROLINA MISSISSIPPI Selma GEORGIA Charleston Pensacola FLORIDA New Orleans FARRAGUT 1864 FARRAGUT 1862 100 200 km ...
... Washington DELAWARE GRANT 1864 Appomattox GRANT Richmond MCCLELLAN 1865 1862 Nashville NORTH CAROLINA SHERMAN 1865 SOUTH CAROLINA MISSISSIPPI Selma GEORGIA Charleston Pensacola FLORIDA New Orleans FARRAGUT 1864 FARRAGUT 1862 100 200 km ...
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... Declaration of Inde- pendence ( ' They were the chosen instruments through whom , in the darkness of despotism , Deity proclaimed , “ Let there be Liberty ” , and there was Liberty ' ) , General Washington and 2 CIVIL WAR AMERICA.
... Declaration of Inde- pendence ( ' They were the chosen instruments through whom , in the darkness of despotism , Deity proclaimed , “ Let there be Liberty ” , and there was Liberty ' ) , General Washington and 2 CIVIL WAR AMERICA.
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... Washington and his Companions in Arms , The Republic ( ' Better than all the Kingdoms of the world and the glory of them ' ) , The President of the United States , The United States Military ( ' Foes and friends unite in saying of their ...
... Washington and his Companions in Arms , The Republic ( ' Better than all the Kingdoms of the world and the glory of them ' ) , The President of the United States , The United States Military ( ' Foes and friends unite in saying of their ...
Contents
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The Politics of Slavery Expansion 184852 | 42 |
3 Political Crises of the 1850s | 73 |
Secession and Civil War | 114 |
The Quest for Southern Independence | 158 |
The Union in Wartime | 191 |
The Struggle over Reconstruction 186576 | 229 |
The Far West in the MidNineteenth Century | 269 |
9 Reform Reaction and Reunion at the Dawn of the Gilded Age | 302 |
The United States in the Era of Civil War | 339 |
Select Bibliography | 343 |
Index | 351 |
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