Voices from the House Divided: The American Civil War as Personal Experience / Edition 1

by Glenn M. Linden

Overview

This text is an excellent supplement for Civil War or U.S. History survey course. Using diaries, letters, and other contemporary sources, this follows 20 individuals—Northerners and Southerners—from the outbreak of hostilities at Fort Sumter to the Confederate surrender of Appomattox four years later. The sources have been edited to a manageable length and include chapter introductions and headnotes. Students get a sense of the social dimension of the war, often neglected in textbooks.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780070379343
Publisher:	McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Publication date:	10/01/1994
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.55(d)

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION: "Such Days of Excitement"—The Outbreak of Armed Hostilities at Fort Sumter, April, 1861PART I: "WE ARE WHIPPING THE YANKEYS MOST BEAUTIFULLY, BUT WE ARE LOOSING MANY GOOD MEN"—THE PERIOD MARKED BY CONSIDERABLE CONFEDERATE SUCCESS AND CONSIDERABLE UNION DIFFICULTY, JULY 1861 - SEPTEMBER 1861 CHAPTER 1: The Battle of Bull Run (Manassas), July, 1861, and Associated Repercussion CHAPTER 2: Union Advance in the West - Forts Henry and Donelson (February, 1862), Shiloh (April, 1862), and New Orleans (April, 1862 CHAPTER 3: Confederate Defense of Richmond, and Advance Into Maryland and Kentucky May - September, 1862 PART II: "OUR ARMY IS STILL FOLLING BACK AND THE YANKEYS ARE ADVANCING SLOWLY"—THE PERIOD IN WHICH THE TIDE OF BATTLE TURNED, SEPTEMBER, 1862- DECEMBER, 1863 CHAPTER 4: The Outcome of the Confederate Military Advances Into Maryland and Kentucky, and the Issuing of the Emancipation Proclamation (and more...)