Major Problems in the Civil War and Reconstruction

by PERMAN

• ISBN13: 9780669201482
• ISBN10: 0669201480
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1990-01-02
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

This best-selling title, designed to be either the primary anthology or textbook for the course, covers the Civil War's entire chronological span with a series of documents and essays.

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1 The Nature and Significance of the American Civil War	1	(33)
DOCUMENTS	2	(1)
Confederate President Jefferson Davis on the Issues of the War, April 1861	2	(1)
President Abraham Lincoln on the Meaning of the War: The Gettysburg Address, November 1863	2	(1)
ESSAYS	3	(31)
David M. Potter
The Civil War in the History of the Modern World	3	(7)
Arthur Bestor
The American Civil War As a Constitutional Crisis	10	(15)
Elizabeth Fox-Genovese
Eugene D. Genovese
The Southern Slaveholders in the Modern World	25	(9)
CHAPTER 2 The North and South Compared	34	(43)
DOCUMENTS	35	(11)
Frederick Law Olmsted Observes Southern Lassitude, 1854	35	(2)
Hinton Rowan Helper Exposes Southern Economic Backwardness, 1857	37	(1)
Frederick Law Olmsted Criticizes the South's Lack of Material Progress, 1861	38	(1)
J. D. B. DeBow Explains Southern Social Harmony, 1860	39	(3)
James Henry Hammond Claims Southern Cultural Superiority, 1845	42	(1)
George Fitzhugh Praises Southern Society, 1854	43	(1)
A New Orleans Editor Boasts of Southern Prosperity, 1861	44	(2)
ESSAYS	46	(31)
Edward Pessen
The Similarities Between the Antebellum North and South	46	(18)
James M. McPherson
The Differences Between the Antebellum North and South	64	(13)
CHAPTER 3 Sectional Politics in the 1850s	77	(41)
DOCUMENTS	78	(11)
Independent Democrats Protest the Kansas-Nebraska Act, January 1854	78	(3)
Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts Ridicules the Southern Gentry, May 1856	81	(1)
A Virginia Congressman Defends Preston Brooks, July 1856	82	(2)
Senator William Henry Seward of New York Warns of an Irrepressible Conflict, October 1858	84	(2)
Senator Andrew Johnson of Tennessee Argues for an Irrepressible Conflict between Capital and Labor, December 1859	86	(2)
Senator Albert G. Brown of Mississippi Explains the South's Position, December 1859	88	(1)
ESSAYS	89	(29)
William E. Gienapp
The Caning of Charles Sumner and the Rise of the Republican Party	89	(15)
Don E. Fehrenbacher
Kansas, Republicanism, and the Crisis of the Union	104	(14)
CHAPTER 4 The Secession Crisis	118	(29)
DOCUMENTS	119	(6)
Henry Adams Later Describes the Policy Options, 1861	119	(2)
President-Elect Lincoln Explains What Is at Stake, December 1860	121	(1)
A North Carolina Unionist Urges Delay and Conciliation, March 1861	122	(1)
Secretary of State Seward Advises Restraint, March 1861	123	(2)
ESSAYS	125	(22)
Kenneth M. Stampp
Lincoln and the Secession Crisis	125	(10)
Daniel W. Crofts
William Henry Seward and the Decision for War	135	(12)
CHAPTER 5 Fighting the War: The Strategy of the Generals	147	(55)
DOCUMENTS	150	(19)
President Lincoln Discerns the Military Issues, January 1862	150	(1)
General George B. McClellan Submits His Plan for the Peninsula Campaign, February 1862	151	(4)
Karl Marx Discusses Grand Strategy, 1862	155	(3)
General McClellan Gives a Lesson in Grand Strategy, July 1862	158	(2)
General Robert E. Lee Takes the Offensive, September 1862	160	(1)
General William T. Sherman Explains How the War Has Changed, September 1864	161	(2)
General Joseph E. Johnston Defends His Strategy of Disengagement, September 1864	163	(2)
General John B. Hood Criticizes Johnston's Strategy, February 1865	165	(2)
General Ulysses S. Grant Reports His Assignment Accomplished, July 1865	167	(2)
ESSAYS	169	(33)
Russell F. Weigley
Robert E. Lee: Napoleon of the Confederacy	169	(15)
Bruce Catton
The Generalship of Ulysses S. Grant Defended	184	(18)
CHAPTER 6 Fighting the War: The Experience of the Soldiers	202	(35)
DOCUMENTS	203	(12)
Songs the Soldiers Sang--Sentimental and Secular	203	(2)
A Federal Soldier Deals with Combat, July 1861	205	(1)
A Confederate Soldier Acknowledges Fear, (Undated)	206	(1)
An Officer Laments the Inadequacy of Northern Generals, January 1863	207	(1)
A Federal Private Applauds a Refusal to Fight, June 1864	208	(1)
General Carl Schurz Describes the Horror of the Field Hospitals After Gettysburg, July 1863	209	(1)
President Davis Seeks God's Aid and Mercy, October 1864	210	(1)
A Confederate Chaplain Recounts His Experience of the Revivals (1863-1864), January 1867	211	(4)
ESSAYS	215	(22)
Gerald F. Linderman
Courage and Its Unraveling	215	(10)
Drew Gilpin Faust
Christian Soldiers: Revivalism in the Confederate Army	225	(12)
CHAPTER 7 Behind the Lines: Wartime Politics	237	(41)
DOCUMENTS	238	(8)
Howell Cobb Congratulates the Provisional Confederate Congress and Warns Against Party Spirit, February 1862	238	(1)
A North Carolina Editor Warns Against Partisanship, September 1861	239	(1)
The Leading Copperhead Condemns the Northern War Effort, January 1863	240	(2)
Wendell Phillips Criticizes Lincoln's War Policy, August 1862	242	(1)
President Lincoln Examines the Causes of Dissatisfaction with His Administration, November 1862	243	(1)
President Lincoln Stresses the Importance of Elections, November 1864	244	(2)
ESSAYS	246	(32)
Eric L. McKitrick
Party Politics in Wartime: The Union and the Confederacy Compared	246	(17)
Michael F. Holt
Abraham Lincoln and the Republican Party During the Civil War	263	(15)
CHAPTER 8 Behind the Lines: Disaffection in the Confederacy	278	(38)
DOCUMENTS	279	(8)
A Federal Prisoner Discovers Why Southerners Fight, February 1864	279	(1)
Confederate Vice-President Alexander H. Stephens Identifies "The Cornerstone of the Confederacy," March 1861	280	(1)
President Davis Explains the Confederate Cause, December 1862	281	(1)
Governor Joseph E. Brown of Georgia Denounces Confederate Policy, September 1862	282	(1)
Vice-President Stephens Recommends an Alternative Confederate Strategy, January 1864	283	(2)
Plain Folk Protest the Burden of the War, February 1863	285	(1)
A Confederate Congressman Discusses Policy and Problems, October 1864	286	(1)
ESSAYS	287	(29)
Emory M. Thomas
The Political Revolution in the Confederacy	287	(10)
Paul D. Escott
Southern Yeomen and the Confederacy	297	(8)
Kenneth M. Stampp
The Road to Appomattox: The Problem of Morale in the Confederacy	305	(11)
CHAPTER 9 The Home Front: Women and the War	316	(37)
DOCUMENTS	317	(9)
A Northern Nurse Expresses Her Frustration, October 1862	317	(2)
Clara Barton Intervenes to Alleviate Suffering, September 1862	319	(1)
A Black Woman Describes Her Role in Camp, 1864	320	(1)
Walt Whitman Comments on Nurses and Hospitals, (Undated)	321	(2)
A Southern Nurse Criticizes Southern Women, September 1863	323	(1)
A Southern Nurse Commends Southern Women, (Undated)	324	(1)
A Confederate Soldier Applauds Southern Womanhood, (Undated)	325	(1)
ESSAYS	326	(27)
Ann Douglas
The War Within a War: Women Nurses in the Union Army	326	(12)
George C. Rable
The New Women of the Confederacy	338	(15)
CHAPTER 10 Emancipation and Its Aftermath	353	(47)
DOCUMENTS	354	(22)
President Lincoln Discusses War Aims, August 1862	354	(1)
President Lincoln Defends Emancipation, August 1863	355	(2)
A Federal Commission Considers Policy Toward the Ex-Slaves, June 1863	357	(1)
Frederick Douglass States the Freedmen's Demands, April 1865	358	(2)
The U.S. Adjutant General Describes the Condition of Fleeing Slaves, August 1863	360	(1)
A Black Union Soldier Protests His Mistreatment, November 1864	361	(2)
A Freedmen's Bureau Agent Discusses Labor Relations, November 1867	363	(2)
ESSAYS	365	(35)
C. Vann Woodward
The International Context of Emancipation	365	(11)
Clarence L. Mohr
Before Sherman: Georgia Blacks and the Union War Effort, 1861-1864	376	(10)
Leon F. Litwack
Back to Work: The New Dependency	386	(14)
CHAPTER 11 The Republican Party and Reconstruction Policy	400	(41)
DOCUMENTS	402	(13)
The Wade-Davis Manifesto Denounces Lincoln's Reconstruction Policy, August 1864	402	(2)
Republican Richard H. Dana, Jr., Presents His "Grasp of War" Theory, June 1865	404	(2)
Senator Lyman Trumbull of Illinois Explains His Civil Rights Bill, January and April 1866	406	(1)
Representative Thaddeus Stevens of Pennsylvania Sets out His Terms, January 1867	407	(1)
Representative George W. Julian of Indiana Outlines the Scope of Reconstruction, January 1867	408	(1)
Senator John Sherman of Ohio Urges Caution and Moderation, February 1867	409	(1)
Congress's Terms for Readmission and Reconstruction, June 1866 and March 1867	410	(3)
A Southern Republican Later Condemns Congress's Reconstruction Policy, 1879	413	(2)
ESSAYS	415	(26)
M. Les Benedict
The Conservative Basis of Radical Reconstruction	415	(11)
Peyton McCrary
The Radicalism of the Northern Republicans	426	(15)
CHAPTER 12 Reconstructing the South	441	(33)
DOCUMENTS	442	(8)
Georgia Chief Justice Joseph E. Brown Urges Republicans to Be Conciliatory, December 1868	442	(1)
A Texas Republican Laments His Party's Leniency, August 1870	443	(1)
Governor Daniel H. Chamberlain of South Carolina Defends Conciliation and Reform, January 1876	444	(2)
A South Carolina Republican Applauds His State's New Constitution, March 1868	446	(2)
A Mississippi Sheriff Recalls His Achievements During Reconstruction, 1884	448	(2)
ESSAYS	450	(24)
Ted Tunnell
The Contradictions of Power	450	(8)
Eric Foner
Reconstruction and the Crisis of Free Labor	458	(16)
CHAPTER 13 The African-American Experience in the Reconstruction South	474	(51)
DOCUMENTS	475	(10)
A Freedmen's Bureau Agent Predicts a Grim Future for the Freed Slaves, 1868-1869	475	(2)
South Carolina Blacks Assert Their Demands, November 1865	477	(1)
Richard H. Cain of South Carolina Stresses the Importance of Land, February 1868	478	(2)
Francis L. Cardozo of South Carolina Discusses Mixed Schooling, March 1868	480	(1)
Representative Robert B. Elliott of South Carolina Demands Federal Civil Rights, January 1874	481	(3)
A Freed Slave Remembers Her Struggle After Emancipation, (Undated)	484	(1)
A Black Observer Reports on Women and Fieldwork, 1867	484	(1)
ESSAYS	485	(40)
Thomas C. Holt
Black State Legislators in South Carolina During Reconstruction	485	(12)
Jacqueline Jones
The Political Economy of the Black Family During Reconstruction	497	(9)
Elizabeth Rauh Bethel
A Black Settlement in South Carolina, 1870-1880	506	(19)
CHAPTER 14 The Collapse of Reconstruction	525	(40)
DOCUMENTS	526	(12)
Senator Carl Schurz of Missouri Condemns Reconstruction, January 1872	526	(1)
Representative Alexander White of Alabama Defends the Carpetbaggers, February 1875	527	(2)
A Northern Correspondent Censures Mississippi Politicians, 1875	529	(3)
Representative L. Q. C. Lamar of Mississippi Demands Self-Government for the South, June 1874	532	(2)
Governor William P. Kellogg of Louisiana Demands Punishment for the Coushatta Assassins, September 1874	534	(2)
Governor Adelbert Ames Deplores the Violence in Mississippi, September 1875	536	(1)
President Grant Disclaims Responsibility, July 1876	537	(1)
ESSAYS	538	(27)
Lawrence N. Powell
Carpetbaggers and the Problems of Republican Rule in the South	538	(10)
Michael Perman
Southern Democrats and the Overthrow of Reconstruction, 1873-1876	548	(17)
CHAPTER 15 Economic Developments After the Civil War	565
DOCUMENTS	567	(12)
Statistics on the U.S. Economy After the War	567	(2)
Representative William D. "Pig Iron" Kelley of Pennsylvania Endorses the Wartime Tariff, February 1869	569	(2)
Amasa Walker Denounces Wartime Governmental Intervention, 1874	571	(1)
William Graham Sumner Derides Protectionism, 1886	571	(1)
A Northerner Assesses the South's Postwar Labor System, 1875	572	(3)
Henry W. Grady Enthuses Over the "New South," December 1886	575	(1)
A Leading African-American Unmasks the "New South," 1888	576	(3)
ESSAYS	579
Morton Keller
The Political Economy of Postwar America	579	(10)
Gavin Wright
From Laborlords to Landlords: New Channels for Old Energies	589