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Ends of war : the unfinished fight of Lee's army after Appomattox / Caroline E. Janney.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Janney, Caroline E., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Confederate States of America. Army--Demobilization.
- Confederate States of America.
- Confederate States of America. Army.
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877).
- Social conflict--Southern States--History--19th century.
- Social conflict.
- History.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Peace.
- United States.
- Peace.
- United States--Politics and government--1865-1877.
- Politics and government.
- Armed Forces--Demobilization.
- Southern States.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 331 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- "In this masterful work, Caroline E. Janney begins with a deceptively simple question: how did the Army of Northern Virginia disband? Janney slows down the pace of the events after Appomattox to reveal it less as a decisive end and more as the commencement of a chaotic interregnum marked by profound military and political uncertainty, legal and logistical confusion, and continued outbursts of violence. Janney blends analysis of large-scale political, legal, and military considerations with intimate narratives of individual soldiers considering their options and pursuing a wide range of decisions"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Unraveling
- 2. The Terms
- 3. Flight
- 4. Waiting
- 5. Procession of Defeat
- 6. Urgent Pursuit
- 7. A Rebel Capital No More
- 8. To Johnston's Army
- 9. Loyal Territory
- 10. Men on Parole Are Bound in Honor
- 11. Southbound
- 12. Disgraceful to Live and Associate with Rebels
- J. H. "Ham" Chamberlayne
- Union army guard and other men at former slave jail
- Attorney General James Speed
- Robert E. Lee, son G. W. Custis Lee, and staff officer Walter Taylor
- Henry Kyd Douglas
- Pvt. A. S. Dorman
- Rebs Taking the Oath at Richmond, 1865
- George Summers
- 188th Pennsylvania on provost guard duty
- MAPS
- Appomattox campaign, April 2
- 9, 1865
- Virginia counties, 1865
- Maryland counties, 1865
- West Virginia counties, 1865.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781469663371
- 1469663376
- OCLC:
- 1236897354
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