The American Civil War (2) The war in the West 1861–July 1863

by ENGLE, STEPHEN

• ISBN13: 9781841762401
• ISBN10: 1841762407
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-09-25
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing

Summary

The American Civil War's vast Western Theater witnessed enormously important military campaigning during the period 1861 - 1863. This book, the third in a four-volume series, examines the geographical, logistical and strategic factors that shaped fighting in this theater, as well as assessing officers who played key roles . It covers the story of Ulysses S Grant's important capture of rebel positions before marching south to win the battle of Shiloh, as well as that of Albert Sidney Johnston, the pride of the Confederacy. Finally, it details the dramatic events of the siege of Vicksburg, the Confederates final fortress.

Author Biography

Stephen D. Engle is professor of history at Florida Atlantic University. He is the author of many books and articles on the Civil War, particularly the war in the western theater, including biographies of German-American Franz Sigel (Yankee Dutchman, 1993, reprint 1999) and Union General Don Carlos Buell (Most Promising of All, 1999). His forthcoming work, Struggle for the Heartland, a volume in the "Great Campaigns of the Civil War," focuses on the early phase of the Civil War in the West. He has lectured both in the United States and in Germany and is currently engaged in research for a book on Lincoln and the War Governors.

Table of Contents

Introduction	7	(15)
Chronology	15	(2)
Warring sides
The North and South compared	17	(4)
Outbreak
A nation at war	21	(6)
The fighting
Struggle for the heartland	27	(41)
Common soldiers
Billy Yank and Johnny Reb at war	68	(6)
Portrait of a soldier
John Beatty, a Union soldier	74	(4)
The world around war
Societies at war	78	(9)
Portrait of a civilian
Kate Stone, a Confederate civilian	87	(3)
How the war ended
The promise of summer	90	(2)
Bibliography	92	(2)
Index	94