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Turning points of the American Civil War / edited by Chris Mackowski and Kristopher D. White ; foreword by Thomas A. Desjardin.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Engaging the Civil War Series
- Engaging the Civil War
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (250 pages) : illustrations, photographs.
- Place of Publication:
- Carbondale, [Illinois] : Southern Illinois University Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- "Although most Americans believe that the Battle of Gettysburg was the only turning point of the Civil War, the war actually turned repeatedly. Events unfolded in completely unexpected ways and had unintended consequences. Turning Points of the American Civil War examines key shifts and the context surrounding them, demonstrating that the war was a continuum of watershed events. The contributors show that many chains of events caused the course of the war to change: the Federal defeats at First Bull Run and Ball's Bluff, the wounding of Joseph Johnston at Seven Pines and the Confederate victory at Chancellorsville, the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation, the Federal victory at Vicksburg, Grant's decision to move on to Richmond rather than retreat from the Wilderness, the naming of John B. Hood as commander of the Army of Tennessee, and the 1864 presidential election. In their conclusion, editors Mackowski and White suggest that the assassination of Abraham Lincoln might have been the war's final turning point. Presenting essays by public historians with experience at Civil War battle sites, this provocative collection offers fresh perspectives on political and military events in the eastern and western theaters.2-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction / Chris Mackowski and Kristopher D. White
- Bull Run: confidence renewed: surviving Bull Run and the birth of the Army of the Potomac / Robert Orrison
- Ball's Bluff: unintended consequences: Ball's Bluff and the rise of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War / James A. Morgan
- Shiloh: defeated victory: Albert Sydney Johnston's death at Shiloh / Gregory A. Mertz
- The Emancipation Proclamation: "the heavyest blow yet given the Confederacy": the Emancipation Proclamation changes the Civil War / Kevin Pawlak
- Chancellorsville: the cresting tide: Robert E. Lee and the road to Chancellorsville / Kristopher D. White
- The fall of Vicksburg: Vicksburg: the victory that unleashed Ulysses S. Grant / Daniel T. Davis
- No turning back: "Oh, I am heartily tired of hearing about what Lee is going to do": Ulysses S. Grant in the Wilderness / Ryan Longfellow
- Hood takes command of the Army of Tennessee: "far better in the present emergency": John Bell Hood replaces Joseph E. Johnston / Stephen Davis
- The election of 1864: the point of no return: turning points within the 1864 presidential election and the doom of the Confederacy / Rea Andrew Redd
- Conclusion / Chris Mackowski.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8093-3622-7
- 9780809336227 (electronic book)
- OCLC:
- 1019653297
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