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  • Richard Taylor

    Soldier Prince of Dixie

    Series series Civil War America
    Using widely scattered and previously unknown primary sources, Parrish’s biography of Confederate general Richard Taylor presents him as one of the Civil War’s most brilliant generals, eliciting strong performances from his troops in the face of manifold obstacles in three theaters of action. ... Leer más

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  • Henry Eustace McCulloch

    Texas Ranger, Legislator, Civil War General

    Series series Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War
    Henry Eustace McCulloch provides the first comprehensive account of a pivotal nineteenth-century military leader and politician from Texas. In his military career, Henry McCulloch served with his brother Ben in one of the first Texas Ranger companies after the Texas Revolution of 1836, defended settlers during the Great Comanche Raid of 1840, and helped to defeat Mexican forces that reoccupied San ... Leer más

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  • Abraham Lincoln and the Heroic Legend

    Reconsidering Lincoln as Commander in Chief

    Series series Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War
    Kenneth W. Noe’s Abraham Lincoln and the Heroic Legend boldly questions the long-accepted notion that the sixteenth president was an almost-perfect commander in chief, more intelligent than his generals. The legend originated with Lincoln himself, who early in the war concluded that he possessed a keen strategic and tactical mind. Noe explores the genesis of this powerful idea and asks why so many ... Leer más

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  • The Civil War in the Age of Nationalism

    Series series Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War
    While historians have acknowledged that the issues of race, slavery, and emancipation were not unique to the American Civil War, they have less frequently recognized the conflict’s similarities to other global events. As renowned historian Carl Degler pointed out, the Civil War was “one among many” such conflicts during the mid-nineteenth century. Understanding the Civil War’s place in world ... Leer más

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  • The Fabric of Civil War Society

    Uniforms, Badges, and Flags, 1859–1939

    Series series Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War
    Military uniforms, badges, flags, and other material objects have been used to represent the identity of Americans throughout history. In The Fabric of Civil War Society, Shae Smith Cox examines the material culture of America’s bloodiest conflict, offering a deeper understanding of the war and its commemoration.Cox’s analysis traces the influence of sewn materials throughout the Civil War and ... Leer más

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  • The Confederate Resurgence of 1864

    Series series Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War
    William Marvel’s The Confederate Resurgence of 1864 examines a dozen understudied Confederate and Union military operations carried out during the winter and spring of 1864 that, taken cumulatively, greatly revived white southerners’ hopes for independence. Among the pivotal moments during this period were the sinking of the USS Housatonic by the CSS Hunley; Nathan Bedford Forrest’s defeat of ... Leer más

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  • The Army under Fire

    The Politics of Antimilitarism in the Civil War Era

    Series series Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War
    Winner of the Wiley-Silver PrizeCecily N. Zander’s The Army under Fire is a pathbreaking study focusing on the fierce political debates over the size and use of military forces in the United States during the Civil War era. It examines how prominent political figures interacted with the professional army and how those same leaders misunderstood the value of regular soldiers fighting to reunify the ... Leer más

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  • The Devil’s Own Purgatory

    The United States Mississippi River Squadron in the Civil War

    Series series Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War
    Finalist for the Gilder Lehrman Center's Lincoln PrizeIPPY Gold Medal for Southern Non-fictionThe Devil’s Own Purgatory is the first complete history of the Union navy’s Mississippi Squadron, a fleet that prowled the Mississippi River and its tributaries during the American Civil War. The squadron battered Confederate forts, participated in combined operations with the army, obliterated the ... Leer más

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  • Lutheranism and American Culture

    The Making of a Distinctive Faith in the Civil War Era

    Series series Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War
    Timothy D. Grundmeier’s Lutheranism and American Culture examines the transformation of the nation’s third-largest Protestant denomination over the course of the nineteenth century. In the antebellum era, leading voices within the church believed that the best way to become American was by modifying certain historic doctrines deemed too Catholic and cooperating with Anglo-evangelicals in ... Leer más

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  • The Mexican-American War Experiences of Twelve Civil War Generals

    Series series Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War
    Long overshadowed by the American Civil War, the Mexican-American War (1846–1848) has received significantly less attention from historians partly because of its questionable origin and controversial outcome. Rather than treat the conflict with a form of historical amnesia, the contributors to this volume argue that the Mexican-American War was a formative experience for the more than three ... Leer más

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  • Fractured Freedoms

    Reconstructing Central Louisiana

    Series series Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War
    David T. Ballantyne’s Fractured Freedoms is a riveting history of central Louisiana from the 1860s to the 1890s, focusing on majority-Black Rapides Parish during Reconstruction. Using the region as a case study, Ballantyne reveals what is, in part, a rural Reconstruction success story, emphasizing the resilience of Black politics and the persistence of significant divisions among white residents ... Leer más

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  • Abraham Lincoln and Women in Film

    One Hundred Years of Hollywood Mythmaking

    Series series Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War
    Frank J. Wetta and Martin A. Novelli’s Abraham Lincoln and Women in Film investigates how depictions of women in Hollywood motion pictures helped forge the myth of Lincoln. Exploring female characters’ backstories, the political and cultural climate in which the films appeared, and the contest between the moviemakers’ imaginations and the varieties of historical truth, Wetta and Novelli place the ... Leer más

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