The Civil War

The Civil War

by Sears, Stephen W. Sheehan-Dean, Aaron Charles Simpson, Brooks D.

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Drawn from letters, diaries, speeches, articles, poems, songs, military reports, legal opinions, and memoirs, this collection brings together over 120 pieces by more than 60 men and women to create a firsthand narrative of the first year of the Civil War. Beginning on the eve of Lincoln's election in 1860 and ending in January 1862 with the appointment of Edwin M. Stanton as Secretary of War, the selections provide a sense of the immediacy, uncertainty, and urgency of events as the nation was t…

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  • Full title :The Civil War / edited by Brooks D. Simpson, Stephen W. Sears, Aaron Sheehan-Dean.

Summary

Drawn from letters, diaries, speeches, articles, poems, songs, military reports, legal opinions, and memoirs, this collection brings together over 120 pieces by more than 60 men and women to create a firsthand narrative of the first year of the Civil War. Beginning on the eve of Lincoln's election in 1860 and ending in January 1862 with the appointment of Edwin M. Stanton as Secretary of War, the selections provide a sense of the immediacy, uncertainty, and urgency of events as the nation was torn asunder. Includes headnotes, a chronology of events, and biographical and explanatory endnotes.--Adapted from publisher description.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2011-2014

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):The library of America
  • Place of Publication:New York, N.Y
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2011-2014

Notes

Includes indexes.

The Physical Object

  • Description:4 volumes : : maps ; : 21 cm.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781598530889, 1598530887, 9781598531442, 1598531441, 9781598531978, 1598531972, 9781598532944, 1598532944
  • oclc:ocn642844029
  • LC Classification:E464
  • Dewey Decimal:973.7

Table of Contents

[V. 1.] The first year -- [v. 2.] The second year -- [v. 3.] The third year -- [v. 4.] The final year.

[V. 1.] The first year. Preface -- Introduction -- Calling a Secession Convention, November 1860 / Charleston Mercury, (What Shall the South Carolina Legislature Do? November 3, 1860) -- Alarms from the South, Illinois, November 1860 / John G Nicolay, (Memoranda Regarding Abraham Lincoln, November 5-6, 1860) -- Threat of Secession, November 1860 / New-York Daily Tribune, (Going to Go, November 9, 1860) -- Need for Southern Cooperation, November 1860 / Jefferson Davis to Robert Barnwell Rhett Jr, (November 10, 1860) -- Debating Secession, Georgia, November 1860 / Benjamin Hill, (Speech at Milledgeville, November 15, 1860) -- States cannot exist disunited, November 1860 / New York Daily News, (Right of States to Secede, November 16, 1860) -- I am for the Union as it is, Texas, November 1860 / Sam Houston to H M Watkins and others, (November 20, 1860) -- Our sore national sickness, New York, November 1860 / George Templeton Strong, (Diary, November 20, November 26-December 1, 1860) -- This dangerous game, Missouri, November 1860 / Edward Bates, (Diary, November 22, 1860) -- Wicked …

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History Personal narratives Poésie Poetry Récits personnels Sezessionskrieg Sources United States United States -- History -- 1861-1865, … United States -- History -- Civil War, … United States -- Personal narratives. -… United States -- Personal narratives. -… United States -- Sources. -- History --… United States -- Sources. -- History --…

Writers

Sears, Stephen W. Sheehan-Dean, Aaron Charles Simpson, Brooks D.

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