The Civil War (1860-1865) / editor, James M. McPherson, PhD.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McPherson, James M., editor.

Series:

Defining documents in American history (Salem Press)

Defining Documents in American History

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Speeches, addresses, etc., American.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Sources.

United States.

Confederate States of America--History--Sources.

Confederate States of America.

Genre:

TMCText electronic textbooks.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (2 volumes (xxii, 678 pages)) : illustrations (some color), maps.

Edition:

[First edition].

Place of Publication:

Ipswich, Massachusetts : Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Publishing : Grey House Publishing, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection provides historical documents related to the American Civil War, and analysis of each document, including journals, letters, speeches, government legislation, and court opinions. Discusses war-time policies of President Lincoln and the 37th US Congress. Incorporates lesson plans, study questions, activities, suggested author pairings, a historical timeline, and a bibliography of supplemental readings.

Contents:

""Defining Documents in American History: Civil War 1860-1865) (Volume 1)""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Publisher�s Note""; ""Editor�s Introduction""; ""Contributors""; ""Maps""; ""The Battle of Shiloh""; ""The Battle of Antietam""; ""March to the Sea""; ""The Approaching Storm""; ""Speeches For and Against the Compromise of 1850""; ""Speech Against the Kansas-Nebraska Act""; ""The Dred Scott Decision""; ""President Lincoln�s “House Divided� Speech""; ""The Lincoln-Douglas Debates""; ""Speech to the Court that Sentenced Him to Death""; ""Disunion: The Sectional Crisis""

""Cooper Union Address""""Abraham Lincoln�s First Inaugural Address""; ""The Cornerstone of the Confederacy""; ""South Carolina Declaration of Immediate Causes; Georgia Declaration of Causes of Secession""; ""The Politics of War""; ""The Chicago Tribune : “Help from England�""; ""Special Message to Congress: Habeas Corpus""; ""Presidential Proclamations on Blockade and Commercial Trade No. 81, No. 82, and No. 86""; ""Speech on the Trent Affair""; ""Habeas Corpus Suspension Act""; ""General Orders No. 100: Instructions for the Government of Armies of the United States in the Field""

""Hard War""""Governor�s Message on the Suspension of Writ of Habeas Corpus to the General Assembly of North Carolina""; ""President Abraham Lincoln�s Blind Memorandum""; ""Ex Parte Milligan""; ""Jefferson Davis� Address to the Confederate Congress""; ""Jefferson Davis� Inaugural Address as Elected President of the Confederacy""; ""War Stories""; ""General Burnside�s Army and the Roanoke Island Freedmen�s Colony""; ""Captain Richard W. Burt on the Siege of Vicksburg""; ""On Blockade Duty: Letters from a Lieutenant on the USS Gettysburg""

""“The Most Terrible Sight I Ever Saw�""""Letters from the Vicksburg Campaign""; ""Narrative of Prison Life""; ""War Diary: Marching through the Stronghold of Secession""; ""Defining Documents in American History: Civil War (1860-1965) (Volume 2)""; ""Table of Contents""; ""The Home Front""; ""“Luxuries Have Been Given Up Long Ago�""; ""The Military Hospitals in Washington""; ""“The Shadows Are Darkening . . . Jackson Is Certainly Dead�""; ""The Draft Riots""; ""“There Has Been a Great Deal of Sickness in My Neighborhood�""; ""Gettysburg Address""

""Reception to the Enlistment of Black Soldiers""""Abraham Lincoln�s Last Public Address""; ""Selections from Drum Taps by Walt Whitman""; ""“The Conclusion of the Battle of Gettysburg�""; ""Letters of a Transport Nurse""; ""“The Shattered Remains of Lee�s Army��""; ""“Conquered, Submission, Subjugation � “""; ""The Destruction of Slavery""; ""The Confiscation Acts""; ""Treaty between the United States and Great Britain for the Suppression of the Slave Trade (Lyons-Seward Treaty of 1862)""; ""The Emancipation Proclamation""; ""War Department General Order 143""

""General Sherman Interviews the Freedmen Ministers in Savannah""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781429837491

1429837497

OCLC:

870654278