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Reconstruction : voices from America's first great struggle for racial equality
\"The defeat of the Confederacy and the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865 brought about the final destruction of slavery in the United States. Americans were confronted for the first time with the possibility of creating a republic dedicated to the principle of racial equality. What followed over the next twelve years was one of the most complex, inspiring, and ultimately tragic eras in American history. Reconstruction: Voices From America's First Great Struggle For Racial Equality brings this tumultuous and fateful period to dramatic and violent life through the vivid testimony of more than sixty participants and observers. Here is a vitally important book for anyone interested in this crucial period and its inescapable relevance for today.\" -- Book jacket.
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Ulysses S. Grant
In this readable, compelling, and definitive book, Brooks D. Simpson profiles Ulysses S. Grant and his multifaceted personality during his early years through the end of his successful tenure during the U.S. Civil War.
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The Civil War : the first year told by those who lived it
\" ... Drawn from letters, diaries, speeches, articles, poems, songs, military reports, legal opinions, and memoirs, 'The Civil War: The First Year' brings together over 120 pieces by more than sixty participants to create a unique firsthand narrative of this great historical crisis ...\"--Dust jacket flap.
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Mission Impossible
Yet historians are also ill at ease with the alternative conclusion that, given the circumstances, the end result was not only likely but also inevitable. [...]speculation about alternatives goes hand-in-hand with a critique of what happened, for how can one offer criticism of what was done unless one outlines an alternative that would have improved upon the historical result? A simple glance at Reconstruction historiography reveals that historians have always evaluated Reconstruction policy and policymakers according to what was possible, what was preferable, and what actually happened-at least according to the scholar in question. Frustrated, he concluded that he had failed to offer \"a satisfactory explanation for the failure of Reconstruction,\" passing that challenge to other historians.1 To be sure, Woodward's essay reflected his willingness to indulge in his favorite pastime of tweaking Yankee arrogance to the point that he sometimes overlooked that the white South had something to do with the outcome of Reconstruction. [...]studies of Reconstruction policy and politics suggest that there was no need to engage in such a colorful counterfactual fantasy.\\n . .
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The Chattanooga Campaign
When the Confederates emerged as victors in the Chickamauga Campaign, the Union Army of the Cumberland lay under siege in Chattanooga, with Braxton Bragg’s Army of Tennessee on nearby high ground at Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain. A win at Chattanooga was essential for the Confederates, both to capitalize on the victory at Chickamauga and to keep control of the gateway to the lower South. Should the Federal troops wrest control of that linchpin, they would cement their control of eastern Tennessee and gain access to the Deep South. In the fall 1863 Chattanooga Campaign, the new head of the western Union armies, Ulysses S. Grant, sought to break the Confederate siege. His success created the opportunity for the Union to start a campaign to capture Atlanta the following spring.
Woodworth’s introduction sets the stage for ten insightful essays that provide new analysis of this crucial campaign. From the Battle of Wauhatchie to the Battle of Chattanooga, the contributors’ well-researched and vividly written assessments of both Union and Confederate actions offer a balanced discussion of the complex nature of the campaign and its aftermath. Other essays give fascinating examinations of the reactions to the campaign in northern newspapers and by Confederate soldiers from west of the Mississippi River.
Complete with maps and photos, The Chattanooga Campaign contains a wealth of detailed information about the military, social, and political aspects of the campaign and contributes significantly to our understanding of the Civil War’s western theater.
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