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The Civil War : primary documents on events from 1860 to 1865 / [compiled by] Ford Risley.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Debating historical issues in the media of the time
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Sources.
- United States.
- History.
- Genre:
- Sources.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 320 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2004.
- Contents:
- Lincoln elected president, 1860
- Southern states secede, 1860-1861
- Confederacy takes shape, 1861
- Attack on Fort Sumter, 1861
- Preparing for war, 1861
- Battle of First Bull Run, 1861
- Trent affair, 1861
- West Virginia becomes a state, 1861-1863
- Emancipation Proclamation, 1861-65
- McClellan controversy, 1861-62
- Mid-term midterm elections, 1862
- Diplomacy, 1861-65
- Prisoners of war, 1861-65
- Peace movements, 1861-65
- Black soldiers, 1861-65
- Battle of Gettysburg, 1863
- Military draft, 1862-64
- Georgia campaign, 1864
- Presidential election, 1864
- Arming the slaves, 1861-65
- Hampton Roads Peace conference, 1865
- Confederacy surrenders, 1865
- President Lincoln assassinated, 1865.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-316) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0313321264
- OCLC:
- 55700866
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