101 Things You Didn't Know About the Civil War

by Turner, Thomas Reed

• ISBN13: 9781598693201
• ISBN10: 1598693204
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-07-01
• Publisher: Adams Media Corp

Summary

Do you know: The name of the first state to secede from the Union? The individual who could be considered the Mata Hari of the Civil War? The Bible passage Southerners used most often to justify slavery? You'll find the answers to these intriguing questions and more in 101 Things You Didn't Know about the Civil War. Packed with fascinating details about the people, places, and events that defined our nation's most contentious conflict, this tell-all guide reveals the inside scoop on the: Issue of slavery and its impact on the war, Great-and not-so-great-leaders and generals, Battles fought and lost-and fought again, Particular horrors of this war, Women, children, and African Americans in the war. Complete with a helpful timeline, 101 Things You Didn't Know about the Civil War is your go-to guide for facts of the war that dramatically altered the course of American history. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Thomas R. Turner, Ph.D., is a professor of history at Bridgewater State College, in Bridgewater, Massachusetts

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. xi
The Coming of the War
It's Not Just About Slavery	p. 2
Minifest Your Destiny	p. 4
Insist, Resist	p. 8
Voyage to Hell	p. 10
The Confessions of Nat Turner	p. 12
The Flack over the Fugitive Slave Act	p. 14
Calhoun's Doctrine of Nullification	p. 15
William Lloyd Garrison, the Liberator	p. 17
John Brown's Soul Marches On	p. 18
Frederick Douglass Follows the North Star	p. 20
The Dred Scott Ruling	p. 22
The Many Voices of Abolition	p. 24
Bleeding Kansas	p. 27
Secession Surprise the North	p. 29
The Making of the Mason-Dixon Line	p. 32
The Shrinking Union	p. 33
Elephant Stampede	p. 34
The Underdog States	p. 37
Teetering on the Line	p. 38
Call to Arms	p. 39
Cabinet Players	p. 42
Europe Chooses Sides	p. 45
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates	p. 48
Stephen Douglas, the Short Giant	p. 50
Jefferson Davis, Leader by Default	p. 52
Lincoln's First VP, Hannibal Hamlin	p. 55
Davis's VP, Alexander Hamilton Stephens	p. 57
Tough Times for Mary Todd	p. 59
Belle of the Confederacy, Varina Howell Davis	p. 62
Gods and Generals	p. 64
The Fighting General Grant	p. 66
(Un)Lucky Lee	p. 70
A Company of Commanders	p. 74
The Engagements of Wartime
A War of Amateurs	p. 78
The Changing Face of Warfare	p. 81
The Funding of the War	p. 83
Fort Sumter Falls	p. 85
Bull Run, Part 1	p. 87
Shiloh, Bloody Shiloh	p. 91
Antietam, the Single Bloodiest Day	p. 94
Lee's Greatest Victory: Chancellorsville	p. 96
Blood Bath at Gettysburg	p. 99
The Rock of Chickamauga	p. 101
Chattanooga, One More Nail in the Coffin	p. 104
Lee and Grant Meet in the Wilderness	p. 107
Countercharge at Spotsylvania	p. 110
Atlanta Burns	p. 112
The Battle of Nashville Closes the Western Front	p. 115
Cat and Mouse in Petersburg	p. 117
Warfare on the Water	p. 120
Farragut Sails into New Orleans	p. 122
Naval Showdown in Memphis	p. 125
The Battle of Mobile Bay, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead"	p. 127
The Monitor vs the Merrimack	p. 129
The Weapons of War
The Things They Carried	p. 132
Muskets and Rifles	p. 134
Handguns	p. 136
Swords and Sabers	p. 138
Artillery Fire	p. 140
The Ironclads	p. 142
Non-Uniform Uniforms	p. 144
Soldier's Clothes	p. 146
Flags of the North and South	p. 149
Music on the Battlefield	p. 151
The Horrors of War
Camp Life	p. 154
Chaos on the Battlefield	p. 156
A Legendary Loss	p. 157
Prisoner Exchange Rate	p. 159
Andersonville Horror	p. 161
Battlefield Medicine under Par	p. 163
Angels on the Battlefield: Clara Barton and Dorothea Dix	p. 165
War Doctors: Little Training, Tough Job	p. 167
African American Participation as Soldiers	p. 169
The Famous Massachusetts 54th Regiment	p. 171
Ethnic Makeup of the Civil War	p. 173
Chronicling the Civil War	p. 175
Mathew Brady, the Father of Contemporary Photojournalism	p. 177
Espionage During the War	p. 179
Women and Children in the Line of Fire?	p. 181
The Homefront
Effects, for Every American	p. 186
America on the Eve of Destruction	p. 188
Changing Roles, Family Life	p. 190
Ideological Rift Divides Families	p. 193
City Life, Far from the Battlefield	p. 194
Surviving on the Farm	p. 196
Lifestyle of the Landed Gentry, Plantation Life	p. 198
Slavery in the Bible?	p. 200
The End of the Conflict, Reconstruction, and the War's Legacy
An End in Sight	p. 204
The Final Battles	p. 207
The Hampton Roads Conference Calls for Peace	p. 210
The Surrender of Robert E. Lee	p. 211
Lee's Final Order	p. 216
The Lingering War	p. 217
Arlington National Cemetery, a Final Resting Place	p. 219
The Plot Against Lincoln	p. 220
The Capture of Jefferson Davis	p. 222
The 13th, Abolishing, Amendment	p. 225
Reconstructing the South	p. 227
The Freedman's Bureau Helps Former Slaves Adapt	p. 229
Black Codes Slow True Sovereignty	p. 231
Johnson Takes Over: Rejoining the Union	p. 232
Index	p. 235
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