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Antietam 1862 Gateway to emancipation / T. Stephen Whitman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Whitman, T. Stephen, 1950-
- Series:
- Battles and leaders of the American Civil War : gateway to emancipation.
- Battles and leaders of the American Civil War : gateway to emancipation
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
- Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862.
- Maryland Campaign, 1862.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.
- United States.
- History.
- Enslaved persons--Emancipation--United States.
- Enslaved persons.
- Enslaved persons--Emancipation.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Views on slavery.
- Lincoln, Abraham.
- Physical Description:
- x, 187 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, [2012]
- Summary:
- Whitman, a historian and author who writes about slavery and emancipation in eighteenth and nineteenth-century America, explores the connection between the Maryland Campaign, culminating in the battle of Antietam in 1862, and the drive to emancipate slaves to win the Civil War. He discusses the conduct of war and the politics of slavery and emancipation from Lincoln's inauguration in 1861 through General Lee's rebuff of McClellan outside Richmond in 1862. He describes European reactions to this phase of the Civil War, Lee's Maryland Campaign, the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation and political reaction to it in the midterm elections, British and French reactions to emancipation, and Lincoln's defense of it and its military and political impact in 1863. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- Lincoln, war, and emancipation : from Ft. Sumter to the Peninsular Campaign
- McClellan on the Peninsula
- Waiting for the moment : Lincoln and emancipation in the summer of 1862
- Europe ponders Confederate recognition
- Lee crosses the Potomac : the Maryland campaign begins
- McClellan and Lee at Antietam, September 15 to 21
- Lincoln emancipates and voters react
- Europe reacts to Antietam and emancipation
- From Antietam to Gettysburg : Lincoln defends emancipation.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [73]-79) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780313397332
- 0313397333
- 9780313397349
- 0313397341
- OCLC:
- 768800301
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