History of the Civil War 1861-1865This landmark study of the most traumatic era in American history won a Pulitzer Prize in 1918 for its concise, clear-minded survey of the Civil War from political and economic perspectives. From "the great factor in the destruction of slavery"-the election of Abraham Lincoln as President in 1860-to the "twenty thousand men in Wall Street" who sang to celebrate the war's end four years later, Rhodes, a self-taught historian, lends a distinctive voice to his retelling of the war. All students of the upheaval and disorder of the period will appreciate this enduring and unusual perspective on it. |
Contents
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LINCOLN | 35 |
THE PRESIDENTS COURAGE | 43 |
SLAVERY THE CAUSE OF THE WAR | 49 |
MEADE SUCCEEDS HOOKER | 231 |
PICKETTS CHARGE | 237 |
LEE MEADE | 244 |
LINCOLN MEADE | 246 |
GRANT | 254 |
CHAPTER VII | 260 |
ENGLISH MEDIATION PROPOSED | 268 |
THE TIMES SATURDAY REVIEW | 276 |
MCCLELLAN | 56 |
xi | 59 |
ENGLISH SENTIMENT | 65 |
ENGLISH PRECEDENTS | 75 |
GREAT BRITAINS ACTION | 78 |
SURRENDER OF MASON AND SLIDELL | 82 |
FORT DONELSON | 87 |
SURRENDER OF DONELSON | 91 |
GRANT AND SHERMAN SURPRISED AT SHILOH | 98 |
LINCOLN AND GRANT | 108 |
THE MONITOR | 114 |
MCCLELLANS PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN | 125 |
BATTLE OF FAIR OAKS | 132 |
MCCLELLANS DEMORALIZATION | 139 |
CHAPTER IV | 145 |
PRELIMINARY EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION | 152 |
PAGE | 157 |
POPES DEFEAT | 160 |
BATTLE OF ANTIETAM | 170 |
ALARM IN CINCINNATI | 176 |
UNFORTUNATE CHOICE OF BURNSIDE | 183 |
LINCOLNS SAGACITY | 192 |
BATTLE OF STONES RIVER | 199 |
POPULAR FEELING AND ACTION | 205 |
BATTLE OF CHANCELLORSVILLE | 211 |
EFFECT OF CHANCELLORSVILLE | 221 |
ENGLAND AND FRANCE | 285 |
MEADE | 291 |
THOMAS GRANT | 297 |
CHAPTER IX | 303 |
BATTLE OF COLD HARBOR | 311 |
LINCOLN CHASE | 318 |
WASHINGTON IN DANGER | 326 |
JOHNSTON HOOD | 332 |
SHERIDAN | 338 |
FRACTIONAL CURRENCY | 345 |
SEYMOURVALLANDIGHAM | 351 |
SANITARY FAIRS | 357 |
GRAVE FINANCIAL POSITION | 360 |
DISCOMFORT AT THE SOUTH | 366 |
THE AGE OF IRON | 374 |
THE NEGRO SLAVES | 381 |
IMPRESSMENT IMPERATIVE | 387 |
NORTH A DICTATORSHIP | 394 |
SHERMANS MARCH TO THE SEA | 400 |
THE NEGROES | 408 |
THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT | 413 |
LINCOLNS MAGNANIMITY | 420 |
SHERMANS ARMY | 426 |
EVACUATION OF RICHMOND | 432 |
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