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The Cambridge History of the American Civil War

Volume 1. Military Affairs

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Aaron Sheehan-Dean, Hunter Lesser, Timothy B. Smith, William L. Shea, Glenn D. Brasher, Kathryn J. Shively, John Hennessy, D. Scott Hartwig, Kenneth W. Noe, Elizabeth Parnicza, Christian B. Keller, Carol Reardon, Terrence J. Winschel, Daryl Black, Gordon C. Rhea, Robert L. Glaze, Lisa Tendrich Frank, William Lee White, William Marvel, Gary D. Joiner, Kurt Hackemer, Robert Browning, Jr, Aaron Astor, Andrew F. Lang, Brian D. McKnight, Donald S. Frazier, Kevin Adams, Kevin Waite
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  • Date Published: October 2019
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  • isbn: 9781108618663

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  • This volume narrates the major battles and campaigns of the conflict, conveying the full military experience during the Civil War. The military encounters between Union and Confederate soldiers and between both armies and irregular combatants and true non-combatants structured the four years of war. These encounters were not solely defined by violence, but military encounters gave the war its central architecture. Chapters explore well-known battles, such as Antietam and Gettysburg, as well as military conflict in more abstract places, defined by political qualities (like the border or the West) or physical ones (such as rivers or seas). Chapters also explore the nature of civil-military relations as Union armies occupied parts of the South and garrison troops took up residence in southern cities and towns, showing that the Civil War was not solely a series of battles but a sustained process that drew people together in more ambiguous settings and outcomes.

    • Conveys the full military experience of the Civil War, narrating major battles and campaigns
    • Offers contributions from twenty-eight prominent historians
    • Explains the significance of military events rather than the technical side of military history
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    • Date Published: October 2019
    • format: Adobe eBook Reader
    • isbn: 9781108618663
    • contains: 28 maps
    • availability: This ISBN is for an eBook version which is distributed on our behalf by a third party.
  • Table of Contents

    1. Introduction. The Cambridge History of the American Civil War Aaron Sheehan-Dean
    Part I. Major Battles and Campaigns:
    2. The battles of Virginia, 1861 Hunter Lesser
    3. The battles of Tennessee, 1862 Timothy B. Smith
    4. The battles of the Trans-Mississippi, 1861–1863 William L. Shea
    5. The Peninsula Campaign Glenn D. Brasher
    6. The Shenandoah Valley Campaigns of 1862 and 1864 Kathryn J. Shively
    7. The Second Bull Run Campaign John Hennessy
    8. The Antietam Campaign D. Scott Hartwig
    9. The Western Theater, 1862-1863 Kenneth W. Noe
    10. The Battle of Fredericksburg Elizabeth Parnicza
    11. The Chancellorsville Campaign Christian B. Keller
    12. The Gettysburg Campaign Carol Reardon
    13. The Vicksburg Campaign Terrence J. Winschel
    14. The Battles of Tennessee, 1863 Daryl Black
    15. The Overland Campaign Gordon C. Rhea
    16. The Georgia Campaign Robert L. Glaze
    17. The Carolinas Campaign Lisa Tendrich Frank
    18. The Tennessee Campaign, 1864 William Lee White
    19. The Petersburg and Appomattox Campaigns William Marvel
    Part II. Places:
    20. War on the rivers Gary D. Joiner
    21. War on the waters Kurt Hackemer
    22. The blockade Robert Browning, Jr
    23. The border war Aaron Astor
    24. War in the Deep South Andrew F. Lang
    25. War in Appalachia Brian D. McKnight
    26. War in Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana Donald S. Frazier
    27. War in the West Kevin Adams
    28. War in Indian country Kevin Waite.

  • Editor

    Aaron Sheehan-Dean, Louisiana State University
    Aaron Sheehan-Dean is the Fred C. Frey Professor of Southern Studies at Louisiana State University and the chairman of the History Department. He teaches courses on nineteenth-century US history, the Civil War and Reconstruction, and Southern History. He is the author of The Calculus of Violence: How Americans Fought the Civil War (2018), Why Confederates Fought: Family and Nation in Civil War Virginia (2007) and the Concise Historical Atlas of the US Civil War (2008), and is the editor of several books.

    Contributors

    Aaron Sheehan-Dean, Hunter Lesser, Timothy B. Smith, William L. Shea, Glenn D. Brasher, Kathryn J. Shively, John Hennessy, D. Scott Hartwig, Kenneth W. Noe, Elizabeth Parnicza, Christian B. Keller, Carol Reardon, Terrence J. Winschel, Daryl Black, Gordon C. Rhea, Robert L. Glaze, Lisa Tendrich Frank, William Lee White, William Marvel, Gary D. Joiner, Kurt Hackemer, Robert Browning, Jr, Aaron Astor, Andrew F. Lang, Brian D. McKnight, Donald S. Frazier, Kevin Adams, Kevin Waite

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