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Last to Leave the Field

The Life and Letters of First Sergeant Ambrose Henry Hayward, 28th Pennsylvania Volunteers

Edited by Timothy J. Orr ...

Series series Voices of the Civil War
Revealing the mind-set of a soldier seared by the horrors of combat even as he kept faith in his cause, Last to Leave the Field showcases the private letters of Ambrose Henry Hayward, a Massachusetts native who served in the 28th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry.Hayward’s service, which began with his enlistment in the summer of 1861 and ended three years later following his mortal wounding at the ... Read more

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Revealing the mind-set of a soldier seared by the horrors of combat even as he kept faith in his cause, Last to Leave the Field showcases the private letters of Ambrose Henry Hayward, a Massachusetts native who served in the 28th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry.Hayward’s service, which began with his enlistment in the summer of 1861 and ended three years later following his mortal wounding at the
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The Civil War in Maryland Reconsidered

by Richard Bell, Thomas G. Clemens, Robert J. Cook, Sharita Jacobs-Thompson, Martha Jones, Brian Matthew Jordan, Jessica Millward, Timothy J. Orr, Rob Schoeberlein, Frank Towers, Jonathan W. White, Frank J. Williams ...

Series series Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War
CONTENTS:Introduction, Jean H. Baker and Charles W. Mitchell“Border State, Border War: Fighting for Freedom and Slavery in Antebellum Maryland,” Richard Bell“Charity Folks and the Ghosts of Slavery in Pre–Civil War Maryland,” Jessica Millward“Confronting Dred Scott: Seeing Citizenship from Baltimore,” Martha S. Jones“‘Maryland Is This Day . . . True to the American Union’: The Election of 1860 and ... Read more

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CONTENTS:Introduction, Jean H. Baker and Charles W. Mitchell“Border State, Border War: Fighting for Freedom and Slavery in Antebellum Maryland,” Richard Bell“Charity Folks and the Ghosts of Slavery in Pre–Civil War Maryland,” Jessica Millward“Confronting Dred Scott: Seeing Citizenship from Baltimore,” Martha S. Jones“‘Maryland Is This Day . . . True to the American Union’: The Election of 1860 and
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Contested Loyalty

Debates over Patriotism in the Civil War North

by Judith Giesberg, Ryan W. Keating, Melinda Lawson, Julie A. Mujic, Timothy J. Orr, Thaddeus M. Romansky, Jonathan W. White ...

Series series The North's Civil War
Embroiled in the Civil War, northerners wrote and spoke with frequency about the subject of loyalty. The word was common in newspaper articles, political pamphlets, and speeches, appeared on flags, broadsides, and prints, was written into diaries and letters and the stationary they appeared on, and even found its way into sermons. Its ubiquity suggests that loyalty was an important concept…but ... Read more

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Embroiled in the Civil War, northerners wrote and spoke with frequency about the subject of loyalty. The word was common in newspaper articles, political pamphlets, and speeches, appeared on flags, broadsides, and prints, was written into diaries and letters and the stationary they appeared on, and even found its way into sermons. Its ubiquity suggests that loyalty was an important concept…but
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Final Resting Places

Reflections on the Meaning of Civil War Graves

by Edward L. Ayers, William Davis, Douglas R. Egerton, Barbara Gannon, Hilary Green, Anna Gibson Holloway, Caroline E. Janney, Michelle Krowl, Barton A. Myers, Terry Alford, Melodie Andrews, Danalisa DeAnne Blanton, Michael Burlingame, John M. Coski, Michael Gray, Allen Carl Guelzo, Vitor Izecksohn, Glenn W. LaFantasie, Jennifer M. Murray, Timothy J. Orr, Chris Phillips, Mark S. Schantz, Dana Shoaf, Walter B. Stahr, Michael Vorenberg, Ronald C. White, Katherine Reynolds Chaddock, Stephen D. Engle ...

Series Book 24 - UnCivil Wars
Final Resting Places brings together some of the most important and innovative scholars of the Civil War era to reflect on what death and memorialization meant to the Civil War generation—and how those meanings still influence Americans today.In each essay, a noted historian explores a different type of gravesite—including large marble temples, unmarked graves beneath the waves, makeshift markers ... Read more

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Final Resting Places brings together some of the most important and innovative scholars of the Civil War era to reflect on what death and memorialization meant to the Civil War generation—and how those meanings still influence Americans today.In each essay, a noted historian explores a different type of gravesite—including large marble temples, unmarked graves beneath the waves, makeshift markers
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What This Cruel War Was Over

by Chandra Manning ...

**Using letters, diaries, and regimental newspapers to take us inside the minds of Civil War soldiers—black and white, Northern and Southern—as they fought and marched across a divided country, this unprecedented account is “an essential contribution to our understanding of slavery and the Civil War" (**The Philadelphia Inquirer).In this unprecedented account, Chandra Manning With stunning poise ... Read more

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**Using letters, diaries, and regimental newspapers to take us inside the minds of Civil War soldiers—black and white, Northern and Southern—as they fought and marched across a divided country, this unprecedented account is “an essential contribution to our understanding of slavery and the Civil War" (**The Philadelphia Inquirer).In this unprecedented account, Chandra Manning With stunning poise
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The Civil War

A Concise History

by Louis P. Masur ...

One hundred and fifty years after the first shots were fired on Fort Sumter, the Civil War still captures the American imagination, and its reverberations can still be felt throughout America's social and political landscape. Louis P. Masur's The Civil War: A Concise History offers a masterful and eminently readable overview of the war's multiple causes and catastrophic effects. Masur begins by ... Read more

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One hundred and fifty years after the first shots were fired on Fort Sumter, the Civil War still captures the American imagination, and its reverberations can still be felt throughout America's social and political landscape. Louis P. Masur's The Civil War: A Concise History offers a masterful and eminently readable overview of the war's multiple causes and catastrophic effects. Masur begins by
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The War That Forged a Nation

Why the Civil War Still Matters

by James M. McPherson ...

More than 140 years ago, Mark Twain observed that the Civil War had "uprooted institutions that were centuries old, changed the politics of a people, transformed the social life of half the country, and wrought so profoundly upon the entire national character that the influence cannot be measured short of two or three generations." In fact, five generations have passed, and Americans are still ... Read more

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More than 140 years ago, Mark Twain observed that the Civil War had "uprooted institutions that were centuries old, changed the politics of a people, transformed the social life of half the country, and wrought so profoundly upon the entire national character that the influence cannot be measured short of two or three generations." In fact, five generations have passed, and Americans are still
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This Mighty Scourge

Perspectives on the Civil War

by James M. McPherson ...

The author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Battle Cry of Freedom and the New York Times bestsellers Crossroads of Freedom and Tried by War, among many other award-winning books, James M. McPherson is America's preeminent Civil War historian. In this collection of provocative and illuminating essays, McPherson offers fresh insight into many of the enduring questions about one of the defining moments ... Read more

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The author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Battle Cry of Freedom and the New York Times bestsellers Crossroads of Freedom and Tried by War, among many other award-winning books, James M. McPherson is America's preeminent Civil War historian. In this collection of provocative and illuminating essays, McPherson offers fresh insight into many of the enduring questions about one of the defining moments
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Troubled Refuge

Struggling for Freedom in the Civil War

by Chandra Manning ...

From the author of What This Cruel War Was Over, a vivid portrait of the Union army’s escaped-slave refugee camps and how they shaped the course of emancipation and citizenship in the United States.Even before shots were fired at Fort Sumter, slaves recognized that their bondage was at the root of the war they knew was coming, and they began running to the Union army. By the war’s end, nearly half ... Read more

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From the author of What This Cruel War Was Over, a vivid portrait of the Union army’s escaped-slave refugee camps and how they shaped the course of emancipation and citizenship in the United States.Even before shots were fired at Fort Sumter, slaves recognized that their bondage was at the root of the war they knew was coming, and they began running to the Union army. By the war’s end, nearly half
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The U.S. Civil War

A Very Short Introduction

by Louis P. Masur ...

Series series Very Short Introductions
More than one hundred and fifty years after the first shots were fired on Fort Sumter, the Civil War still captures the American imagination, and its reverberations can still be felt throughout America's social and political landscape. Louis P. Masur's The U.S. Civil War: A Very Short Introduction offers a masterful and eminently readable overview of the war's multiple causes and catastrophic ... Read more

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More than one hundred and fifty years after the first shots were fired on Fort Sumter, the Civil War still captures the American imagination, and its reverberations can still be felt throughout America's social and political landscape. Louis P. Masur's The U.S. Civil War: A Very Short Introduction offers a masterful and eminently readable overview of the war's multiple causes and catastrophic
... Read more
Remembering the Civil War

Reunion and the Limits of Reconciliation

by Caroline E. Janney ...

Series series Littlefield History of the Civil War Era
As early as 1865, survivors of the Civil War were acutely aware that people were purposefully shaping what would be remembered about the war and what would be omitted from the historical record. In Remembering the Civil War, Caroline E. Janney examines how the war generation — men and women, black and white, Unionists and Confederates — crafted and protected their memories of the nation’s greatest ... Read more

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As early as 1865, survivors of the Civil War were acutely aware that people were purposefully shaping what would be remembered about the war and what would be omitted from the historical record. In Remembering the Civil War, Caroline E. Janney examines how the war generation — men and women, black and white, Unionists and Confederates — crafted and protected their memories of the nation’s greatest
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The Confederate Nation: 1861–1865

by Emory M. Thomas ...

Series series The New American Nation Series
"Incisive and insightful. . . . As good a short history of the Southern war effort as we have." —T. Harry Williams, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Lincoln and His GeneralsEmory M. Thomas's critically acclaimed chronicle of the Confederacy remains widely recognized as the standard history of the South during the Civil War. Now with a new introduction by the author, The Confederate Nation ... Read more

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"Incisive and insightful. . . . As good a short history of the Southern war effort as we have." —T. Harry Williams, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Lincoln and His GeneralsEmory M. Thomas's critically acclaimed chronicle of the Confederacy remains widely recognized as the standard history of the South during the Civil War. Now with a new introduction by the author, The Confederate Nation
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