American Civil War: Interpreting Conflict through Primary Documents [2 volumes]
byJustin D. Murphy, PhD, taught at Howard Payne University in Brownwood, Texas, for more than 20 years, serving as Brand Professor of History and dean of the School of Humanities from 2007 to 2016.
20190630
ABC-CLIO
Pages | 798 |
Topics | Military History: Conflict and Wars;American History: Conflict;Causes of the Civil War;Civil Liberties During the Civil War;Davis, Jefferson;Emancipation Proclamation;Gettysburg Address;Great Battles of the Civil War;Great Leaders of the Civil War;Lincoln, Abraham;Missouri Compromise;Outbreak of the Civil War (Southern Secession);Reconstruction Acts |
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By providing detailed analyses of Civil War primary sources, this book will help readers to understand the history of the bloodiest of all American conflicts.
• Provides in-depth documentary coverage of all key aspects of the American Civil War, providing students with a foundation for understanding its continued significance to the United States• Features primary sources from the most significant battles and leaders of the conflict
• Demonstrates the impact of the war upon civilians on both the home front and the battlefields where civilians were confronted by invasion and siege
• Examines the impact of the war upon society as a whole, especially through the Emancipation Proclamation
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Table of Contents
American Civil War: Interpreting Conflict through Primary Documents [2 volumes]
Author(s): Justin D. MurphyContributors: Murphy, Justin;Abstract:By providing detailed analyses of Civil War primary sources, this book will help readers to understand the history of the bloodiest of all American conflicts.
• Provides in-depth documentary coverage of all key aspects of the American Civil War, providing students with a foundation for understanding its continued significance to the United States• Features primary sources from the most significant battles and leaders of the conflict
• Demonstrates the impact of the war upon civilians on both the home front and the battlefields where civilians were confronted by invasion and siege
• Examines the impact of the war upon society as a whole, especially through the Emancipation Proclamation
Editor(s): Murphy, Justin;SortTitle: american civil war: interpreting conflict through primary documents [2 volumes]Author Info:Justin D. MurphyeditorJustin D. Murphy, PhD, taught at Howard Payne University in Brownwood, Texas, for more than 20 years, serving as Brand Professor of History and dean of the School of Humanities from 2007 to 2016.
eISBN-13: 9781440856310Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9781440856310.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9781440856303Imprint: ABC-CLIOPages: 798Publication Date: 20190630Table of Contents pages: 1 2
- 183. James H. Gooding: Letter to Abraham Lincoln Protesting Unequal Pay (September 28, 1863) 431490
- 184. Samuel Beckwith: Book Excerpt on Union Telegraph Operations (1863) 433492
- 185. Circular Letter to Jefferson Davis regarding Braxton Bragg (October 4, 1863) 434493
- 186. John A. Dahlgren: Report on the Confederate Torpedo Boat David (October 7–8, 1863) 436495
- 187. Ulysses S. Grant’s Appointment as Commander of the Military Division of the Mississippi (October 16, 1863) 438497
- 188. Robert E. Lee and James A. Seddon: Correspondence on Desertion (October 30 and November 2, 1863) 440499
- 189. George H. Thomas: Report on Securing the “Cracker Line” to Chattanooga (November 7, 1863) 442501
- 190. Abraham Lincoln: Gettysburg Address (November 19, 1863) 444503
- 191. George H. Thomas: Report on Operations of the Army of the Cumberland (December 1, 1863) [Excerpts] 445504
- 192. Abraham Lincoln: Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction (December 8, 1863) 449508
- 193. George G. Meade: Letter to His Wife about Grant (December 20, 1863) 451510
- 194. Zebulon B. Vance and Jefferson Davis: Correspondence on Initiating Peace Negotiations with the United States (December 30, 1863, and January 8, 1864) 452511
- 1864 457516
- 195. John B. Gordon: Book Excerpt on the Confederate Religious Revival (1904) 459518
- 196. Abraham Lincoln: Letter to Quincy Gillmore on Florida Expedition (January 13, 1864) 460519
- 197. Pomeroy Circular (February 1864) 462521
- 198. Jefferson Davis: Special Message to Congress (February 3, 1864) 463522
- 199. Robert E. Lee: Letter to Jefferson Davis on Possible Operations in 1864 (February 3, 1864) 467526
- 200. Union and Confederate Accounts of the Confederate Torpedo Boat H. L. Hunley (February 17, 1864) 469528
- 201. William Tecumseh Sherman: Letter to Henry W. Halleck on the Meridian Raid (February 29, 1864) 471530
- 202. Leonidas Polk: Letter to Samuel Cooper on Conscription (March 3, 1864) 473532
- 203. Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman: Correspondence on Grant’s Promotion to Lieutenant General and Appointment as General-in-Chief (March 4 and 10, 1864) 475534
- 204. James Longstreet: Letter to Alexander R. Lawton on the U.S. Presidential Election (March 5, 1864) 477536
- 205. Ulysses S. Grant: Letter to Nathaniel P. Banks on the Red River Campaign (March 15, 1864) 478537
- 206. W. Wirt Thomson: Letter to James A. Seddon on Union Sympathizers in Jones County, Mississippi (March 29, 1864) 480539
- 207. Rufus Dawes: Letter about Grant (March 29, 1864) 482541
- 208. Robert E. Lee and George G. Meade: Correspondence Regarding the Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid (April 1 and 17, 1864) 483542
- 209. Henry E. McCulloch: Letter Concerning Misconduct of Forces in Texas (April 6, 1864) 487546
- 210. Ulysses S. Grant: Letter to George G. Meade on Campaign Plans for 1864 (April 9, 1864) 489548
- 211. Mason Brayman: Report on Fort Pillow Massacre (April 28, 1864) 491550
- 212. Erwin James Eldridge: Report on Andersonville Prison (May 6, 1864) 495554
- 213. Charles S. Wainwright: Journal Excerpt on the Engagement Prior to the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House (May 7, 1864) 497556
- 214. Richard Taylor: Report on Red River Campaign (May 10, 1864) 499558
- 215. Ulysses S. Grant: Report to Henry Halleck on Overland Campaign (May 11, 1864) 501560
- 216. Robert McAllister: Correspondence and Report on the Overland Campaign (1864) 503562
- 217. John B. Gordon: Memoir Excerpt on the Bloody Angle (May 12, 1864) 505564
- 218. Philip H. Sheridan: Report on Raid to Richmond (May 13, 1864) 507566
- 219. David D. Porter: Report on Passage of the Alexandria Falls on the Red River (May 16, 1864) [Excerpts] 509568
- 220. John F. Brobst: Letter Written during the Battle of Dallas (May 30, 1864) 512571
- 221. James H. Wilson: Memoir Excerpt on Union Morale during the Overland Campaign (1864) 513572
- 222. Emory Upton: Letters to His Sister after the Battle of Cold Harbor (June 4 and 5, 1864) 515574
- 223. George G. Meade: Letter to His Wife after the Battle of Cold Harbor (June 5, 1864) 516575
- 224. Ulysses S. Grant: Letter to Henry W. Halleck after the Battle of Cold Harbor (June 5, 1864) 518577
- 225. Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee: Correspondence after the Battle of Cold Harbor (June 5–7, 1864) 519578
- 226. Edward Porter Alexander: Memoir Excerpt on Trench Warfare (1864) 523582
- 227. James H. Wilson: Memoir Excerpt on Union Staff Relations (1864) 524583
- 228. Raphael Semmes: Message to Amédée Bonfils on Challenging the USS Kearsarge (June 14, 1864) 526585
- 229. William Tecumseh Sherman: Letter to Ulysses S. Grant on Progress of the Atlanta Campaign (June 18, 1864) 527586
- 230. Robert McAllister: Letter about the Petersburg Campaign (June 19, 1864) [Excerpts] 529588
- 231. Wade-Davis Bill and Lincoln’s Proclamation in Response (July 2 and 8, 1864) 531590
- 232. James A. Seddon: Letter to Benjamin H. Hill on Conference with Joseph E. Johnston (July 13, 1864) 535594
- 233. Alpheus Williams: Two Letters about the Atlanta Campaign (July 26 and September 3, 1864) [Excerpts] 537596
- 234. Ambrose E. Burnside: Letter to Andrew A. Humphreys on Proposed Mine Explosion and Attack (July 26, 1864) 540599
- 235. Kirby Smith: Orders to Sterling Price for Raid into Missouri (August 4, 1864) 542601
- 236. David G. Farragut: Report on Battle of Mobile Bay (August 5, 1864) [Excerpts] 543602
- 237. William Tecumseh Sherman: Letters to Ulysses S. Grant and Henry W. Halleck on Atlanta Campaign (August 7, 1864) 545604
- 238. Union and Confederate Reports on the Explosion at City Point (August 9, 1864) 547606
- 239. Mary Chesnut: Diary Entry about Jefferson Davis’s Selection of John Bell Hood (August 14, 1864) 550609
- 240. Ulysses S. Grant: Messages to Philip H. Sheridan on Suppressing Guerrillas in the Shenandoah Valley (August 16, 1864) 551610
- 241. Ulysses S. Grant: Letter to Benjamin F. Butler on Exchange of Prisoners (August 18, 1864) 552611
- 242. Democratic Party Platform of 1864 and George B. McClellan’s Letter Accepting the Nomination (August 31 and September 8, 1864) 554613
- 243. Robert E. Lee: Letter to Jefferson Davis on Increasing the Strength of the Army (September 2, 1864) 557616
- 244. William Tecumseh Sherman and John Bell Hood: Correspondence after the Occupation of Atlanta (September 7–14, 1864) 559618
- 245. Correspondence between William Tecumseh Sherman and the Mayor and Councilmen of Atlanta (September 11–12, 1864) 565624
- 246. Philip H. Sheridan: Letter to Ulysses S. Grant on the Shenandoah Campaign (September 19, 1864) 568627
- 247. William Tecumseh Sherman: Letters to Ulysses S. Grant Proposing March to the Sea (September 20, October 1, and October 9, 1864) 569628
- 248. Clinton B. Fisk: Letters to William S. Rosecrans on the Centralia Massacre (September 28–29, 1864) 573632
- 249. Philip H. Sheridan: Reports to Ulysses S. Grant on the Shenandoah Valley Campaign (October 1 and 7, 1864) 576635
- 250. John B. Gordon: Memoir Excerpt on the Battle of Cedar Creek (1864) 578637
- 251. Josiah Gorgas: Diary Entry about Ordnance and the Winter of 1864–1865 (October 22, 1864) 579638
- 252. Three Documents Relating to Native Americans in Confederate Service (October—November 1864) 580639
- 253. Thomas Buchanan Read: Poem, “Sheridan’s Ride” (November 1864) 584643
- 254. Letter to the Richmond Enquirer in Support of Conscripting Slaves (November 4, 1864) 586645
- 255. William Tecumseh Sherman: Orders for the March through Georgia (November 8–9, 1864) 589648
- 256. John S. Mosby: Letter to Philip H. Sheridan on Retaliation (November 11, 1864) 591650
- 257. Abraham Lincoln: Condolence Letter to Mrs. Bixby (November 21, 1864) 593652
- 258. Philip H. Sheridan: Orders to Wesley Merritt Regarding Guerrillas (November 27, 1864) 594653
- 259. John Bell Hood: Congratulatory Orders Following the Battle of Franklin (December 1, 1864) 595654
- 260. Charles D. Kerr: Memoir Excerpt on the Ebenezer Creek Crossing Tragedy (1887) 596655
- 261. George H. Thomas and Ulysses S. Grant: Correspondence before and after the Battle of Nashville (December 9 and 15, 1864) 598657
- 262. Henry W. Halleck and William Tecumseh Sherman: Correspondence on Treatment of Slaves (December 30, 1864, and January 12, 1865) 600659
- 1865 605664
- 263. Henry C. Work: “Marching through Georgia” (1865) 607666
- 264. Ulysses S. Grant: Orders to Alfred H. Terry Regarding Fort Fisher (January 3, 1865) 608667
- 265. Howell Cobb: Letter to James A. Seddon on Opposition to Arming Slaves (January 5, 1865) 610669
- 266. Robert E. Lee: Letter to Andrew Hunter on Enlisting Slaves into the Confederate Army (January 11, 1865) 612671
- 267. William Tecumseh Sherman: Special Field Orders No. 15 Distributing Land to Freedmen (January 16, 1865) 614673
- 268. Josiah Gorgas: Diary Entries Regarding a Confederate Victory (January 25 and 30, 1865) 616675
- 269. Joseph Wheeler and William Tecumseh Sherman: Correspondence on Destruction in South Carolina (February 7–8, 1865) 617676
- 270. Abraham Lincoln: Report to Congress on Hampton Roads Peace Discussions (February 10, 1865) 619678
- 271. Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant: Correspondence on Possible Military Convention (March 2 and 4, 1865) 628687
- 272. Freedmen’s Bureau Act (March 3, 1865) 630689
- 273. Abraham Lincoln: Second Inaugural Address (March 4, 1865) 632691
- 274. William Tecumseh Sherman: Letter to Hugh Judson Kilpatrick during the March through North Carolina (March 7, 1865) 633692
- 275. Confederate Correspondence on the Tredegar Iron Works (March 7–11, 1865) 635694
- 276. John C. Breckinridge and Robert E. Lee: Confidential Correspondence on the Condition of the Army (March 8–9, 1865) 637696
- 277. Confederate Conscription Act of March 13, 1865, and General Orders No. 14 (March 23, 1865) 639698
- 278. Joseph E. Johnston: Reports on the Battle of Bentonville (March 23 and 27, 1865) 642701
- 279. William Tecumseh Sherman: Memoir Account of Conference with Abraham Lincoln at City Point (1876) 645704
- 280. Ulysses S. Grant: Letter to William Tecumseh Sherman on the Pursuit of Lee’s Army (April 3, 1865) 647706
- 281. Ulysses S. Grant: Excerpt of Report Including Correspondence with Robert E. Lee and Surrender Terms at Appomattox (April 7–9, 1865) 648707
- 282. Robert E. Lee: General Order No. 9, Farewell to Troops (April 10, 1865) and Letter to Jefferson Davis (April 12, 1865) 652711
- 283. William T. Sherman and Joseph E. Johnston: Surrender Terms and General Orders No. 18 (April 26–27, 1865) 655714
- After the War 659718
- 284. Andrew Johnson: Proclamation of Amnesty (May 29, 1865) 661720
- 285. Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant: Correspondence on Lee’s Parole Status (June 13 and 20, 1865) 663722
- 286. Gordon Granger: General Orders No. 3 Announcing Emancipation in Texas (June 19, 1865) 665724
- 287. Lincoln Conspirators’ Trial (1865) 666725
- 288. Report of the Southern Treaty Commission (October 30, 1865) 670729
- 289. Ulysses S. Grant: Report on Conditions in the South (December 18, 1865) 673732
- 290. Ex parte Milligan, 71 U.S. 2 (1866) [Excerpts] 675734
- 291. Civil Rights Act of 1866 (April 9, 1866) 680739
- 292. George Cooper: Medical Examination of Jefferson Davis (May 9, 1866) 683742
- 293. Ely Parker: Report to Ulysses S. Grant about Indian Affairs (January 24, 1867) [Excerpts] 685744
- 294. Reconstruction Act of 1867 (March 2, 1867) 689748
- 295. Army Appropriation Act of 1867 (March 2, 1867) [Excerpts] 691750
- 296. Tenure of Office Act (March 2, 1867) 692751
- 297. Articles of Impeachment (March 4, 1868) 694753
- 298. Fourteenth Amendment (July 9, 1868) 702761
- 299. Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 (April 20, 1871) 704763
- 300. Civil Rights Act of 1875 (March 1, 1875) 707766
- Bibliography 711770
- Index 723782
- About the Editor 737796
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