The War for a Nation: The American Civil War

by Grant; Susan-Mary

• ISBN13: 9780415979894
• ISBN10: 0415979897
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-08-04
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The War for a Nation provides a brief introduction to the American Civil War from the perspective of military personnel and civilians who participated in the conflict. Susan-Mary Grant brings the war, its many battles, and those who fought them--male and female, black and white--to the center of a riveting narrative that is accessible to general readers and students of American history. The War for a Nation explains, in a clear narrative structure, the war's origins, its battles, the expansion of the Union, the struggle for emancipation, and the following saga of Reconstruction. By drawing its examples from primary source documents, first-hand accounts, and scholarly research, The War for a Nation introduces readers to the human-interest aspects as well as the historiographical debates surrounding what was the most destructive war ever fought on American soil.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Introduction	ix
Chapter 1 Portents	1	(28)
Chapter 2 Divisions	29	(24)
Chapter 3 The Road to Perdition	53	(24)
Chapter 4 All Quiet Along the Potomac	77	(30)
Chapter 5 Battle Cry of Freedom	107	(32)
Chapter 6 Into the West	139	(28)
Chapter 7 The People Embodied	167	(26)
Chapter 8 "Lee's Miserables"	193	(30)
Conclusion: Death of a President, Birth of a Nation	223	(4)
Endnotes	227	(18)
Short Guide to Secondary Reading	245	(4)
Index	249