"Behind bayonets" : the Civil War in northern Ohio / David Van Tassel, with John Vacha.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Van Tassel, David D. (David Dirck), 1928-2000.

Contributor:

Vacha, John.

Western Reserve Historical Society.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bayonets.

Cuyahoga County (Ohio)--History, Military--19th century.

Cuyahoga County (Ohio).

Cuyahoga County (Ohio)--Social conditions--19th century.

Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works.

Ohio.

Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.

Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (125 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A valuable addition to the literature on Ohio and the Civil War Eminent Cleveland historian David Van Tassel had undertaken the challenge of writing an illustrated history of the Cleveland homefront during the Civil War. Unfortunately, he died in 2000 before completing his manuscript. Historian John Vacha completed the final chapters using notes, lists, and ideas that Van Tassel had gathered, and their efforts are presented in Behind Bayonets. Behind Bayonets focuses on Ohio's substantial role in the Civil War. It is perhaps the only work that uses published and unpublished sources written by northeast Ohioans to comment on the causes, course, and purpose of the war. It does not provide an overview of battles, but it does address soldiers' enlistments and early camp experiences, women's experiences, public reactions to emancipation and the general political interest in the war, local business growth during the war, and Lincoln's assassination and the funeral train's stop in Cleveland. The authors use moving first-person commentaries and accounts to illustrate and explain these issues and situations. Additionally, the text is lavishly illustrated with rare photographs from the Western Reserve Historical Society's archives. This regional perspective on the war is a noteworthy addition to Civil War literature, offering insight into what was going on at home while the war was being fought.

Contents:

Cover

Title

Copyright

Contents

Foreword

Preface

Prologue: A Pleasant Place to Live

1 The Gathering Storm

2 It will be a "short war"

3 The Hard Road to Freedom

4 Life on the Home Front

5 Business and Politics -but Not as Usual-

Epilogue: Return to the Square

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

"Published in cooperation with the Western Reserve Historical Society."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 118-119) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 18, 2014).

ISBN:

1-61277-459-8