Propaganda from the American Civil War
byPaul J. Springer, PhD, is a full professor of comparative military studies and chair of the Department of Research, Air Command and Staff College and a senior fellow of the Foreign Policy Research Institute.
20190331
ABC-CLIO
| Pages | 360 |
| Topics | Military History: Conflict and Wars;American History: Conflict;Brady, Mathew;Davis, Jefferson;Grant, Ulysses S.;Influence Operations;Lee, Robert E.;Lincoln, Abraham;Military Music;Nast, Thomas;Newspaper Editorials;Political Debates;Propaganda |
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Offering comprehensive coverage for those examining Civil War propaganda, this volume provides a broad analysis of efforts by both Union and Confederate sides to influence public opinion of America's deadliest conflict.
• Provides the original sources for Civil War propaganda for examination, enabling readers to conduct their own analyses of the materials under discussion• Offers a wide variety of types of materials, from written to visual formats, demonstrating the broad selection of propaganda items generated in the war
• Demonstrates the importance of influence operations in the bloodiest war in American history
• Balances the competing perspectives between Union and Confederate partisans, including abolitionists and slaveholders
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Table of Contents
Propaganda from the American Civil War
Author(s): Springer, Paul;Contributors: Springer, Paul;Abstract:Offering comprehensive coverage for those examining Civil War propaganda, this volume provides a broad analysis of efforts by both Union and Confederate sides to influence public opinion of America's deadliest conflict.
• Provides the original sources for Civil War propaganda for examination, enabling readers to conduct their own analyses of the materials under discussion• Offers a wide variety of types of materials, from written to visual formats, demonstrating the broad selection of propaganda items generated in the war
• Demonstrates the importance of influence operations in the bloodiest war in American history
• Balances the competing perspectives between Union and Confederate partisans, including abolitionists and slaveholders
SortTitle: propaganda from the american civil warAuthor Info:Paul J. SpringerauthorPaul J. Springer, PhD, is a full professor of comparative military studies and chair of the Department of Research, Air Command and Staff College and a senior fellow of the Foreign Policy Research Institute.
eISBN-13: 9781440864445Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9781440864445.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9781440864438Imprint: ABC-CLIOPages: 360Publication Date: 20190331- Cover Cover11
- Title Page iii4
- Copyright iv5
- Dedication v6
- Contents vii8
- Introduction xiii14
- Chronology xxi22
- 1. Documents through 1860 144
- 1. Abolition Frowned Down (Lithograph), 1839 144
- 2. A View of the Action of the Federal Government in Behalf of Slavery, 1844 245
- 3. “Thoughts on Slavery,” 1848 548
- 4. Slavery and the Constitution, 1849 750
- 5. “ ‘The Higher Law’ in Its Application to the Fugitive Slave Bill,” November 1850 952
- 6. Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life among the Lowly, 1851–1852 1255
- 7. Aunt Phillis’s Cabin; or, Southern Life As It Is, 1852 1760
- 8. Negroes and Negro Slavery, 1853 2164
- 9. The North and the South, 1854 2366
- 10. “What Makes Slavery a Question of National Concern?” 1855 2568
- 11. Forcing Slavery Down the Throat of a Freesoiler (Lithograph), 1856 2770
- 12. The Democratic Platform (Lithograph), 1856 2972
- 13. “Dixie’s Land” (Song), 1859 3073
- 14. “The Crisis,” 1860 3275
- 15. “Benedict’s ‘Wide Awake’ Poem,” 1860 3679
- 16. “The Union Must Be Preserved! Four Crisis Letters,” 1860 4184
- 17. “A Platform for All Parties,” 1860 4386
- 18. “The Causes and Remedies of Impending National Calamities,” November 20, 1860 4689
- 19. “An Ordinance to Dissolve the Union between the State of South Carolina and Other States,” December 20, 1860 4992
- 20. “Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union,” December 24, 1860 5093
- 2. Documents from 1861 5598
- 21. “Slavery: A Divine Institution,” 1861 5598
- 22. “God Save the South” (Poem), 1861 59102
- 23. The Hercules of the Union (Lithograph), 1861 61104
- 24. “An Address on the Aspect of National Affairs and the Right of Secession,” March 16, 1861 63106
- 25. “The Nineteenth of April,” 1861 (Song), 1861 66109
- 26. “The Massachusetts Line” (Song), May 7, 1861 68111
- 27. “The Great Drama; an Appeal to Maryland,” May 9, 1861 69112
- 28. “Western Virginia on the Seizure of Sherrard Clemens” (Song), 1861 73116
- 29. “New England” (Song), 1861 74117
- 30. “Cairo” (Song), 1861 76119
- 31. “Secession: A Folly and a Crime,” July 4, 1861 77120
- 32. “After Some Time Be Past,” July 10, 1861 80123
- 33. “The Fallacy of Neutrality,” July 13, 1861 84127
- 34. “God’s Way of Crushing the Rebellion,” September 29, 1861 88131
- 35. “All Quiet Along the Potomac To-Night” (Poem), November 30, 1861 90133
- 36. “Annual Message of the President,” December 3, 1861 92135
- 37. Volunteering Down Dixie (Lithograph), 1861 98141
- 38. “The Army of the Potomac, and Its Mismanagement,” December 4, 1861 99142
- 39. “The Confederate Flag: Red, White & Blue” (Song), 1861 102145
- 3. Documents from 1862 105148
- 40. “Secession: In the Future,” 1862 105148
- 41. “Battle Cry of Freedom” (Song), 1862 107150
- 42. “Rally Round the Flag Boys!” (Song), 1862 109152
- 43. “Are the Southern Privateersmen Pirates?” 1862 110153
- 44. “A Letter to a Friend in a Slave State,” March 24, 1862 113156
- 45. “Some Thoughts on the Pacification of the Country, for the Consideration of the North and the South,” 1862 115158
- 46. “Martial Law: What Is It? And Who Can Declare It?” April 2, 1862 117160
- 47. “The History and Theory of Revolutions,” April 1862 119162
- 48. “Put It Through!” (Song), 1862 124167
- 49. “Indemnity for the Past and Security for the Future,” May 19, 1862 125168
- 50. Thoughts for the Times: Addressed to the Considerate People of the Northern States, 1862 127170
- 51. “Soldiers of Our Army,” 1862 130173
- 52. “Confiscation of Rebel Property,” 1862 133176
- 53. Morgan’s Message to Kentucky, July 15, 1862 136179
- 54. “On the Recognition of the Southern Confederation,” 1862 137180
- 55. Song of the Exempts, 1862 139182
- 56. “Washington and Lincoln” (Song), 1862 141184
- 57. “Stonewall Jackson’s Way” (Song), September 16, 1862 142185
- 58. The Emancipation Proclamation, September 22, 1862 144187
- 59. “Treason and the Punishment It Deserves,” October 8, 1862 147190
- 60. “Martial Law,” 1862 150193
- 61. “A Compromise” (Song), 1862 153196
- 62. “A Proclamation by the Confederate President,” December 24, 1862 155198
- 63. “Abraham’s Daughter, or Raw Recruits” (Song), 1862 158201
- 4. Documents from 1863 161204
- 64. “The Continent Is Trembling,” January 9, 1863 161204
- 65. Fourteen Months in American Bastiles, 1863 163206
- 66. “West Point and the War,” March 1863 165208
- 67. “Starved in Prison” (Song), 1863 168211
- 68. “A Call to My Countrywomen,” March 1863 169212
- 69. “Curses Coming Home to Roost,” May 1863 171214
- 70. “Forward or Backward?” 1863 174217
- 71. “Freemen, Awake!! Declaration and Protest of Liberty against Usurpation and Tyranny,” July 4, 1863 178221
- 72. “A Voice from North-Carolina,” July 31, 1863 181224
- 73. “For the Croakers,” 1863 185228
- 74. “War, a Necessary Evil,” September 19, 1863 186229
- 75. “The Arguments of Secessionists,” September 30, 1863 189232
- 76. “Neutral Relations of England and the United States,” October 1, 1863 192235
- 77. “France, Mexico, and the Confederate States,” October 5, 1863 194237
- 78. “The Cowards Are Coming” (Song), 1863 199242
- 79. “The Gettysburg Address,” November 19, 1863 201244
- 80. “Third Annual Message of President Davis,” December 7, 1863 202245
- 5. Documents from 1864 207250
- 81. “The War and Its Close: A Discourse,” April 8, 1864 207250
- 82. “Gideon’s Water-Lappers,” April 8, 1864 212255
- 83. The True Peace Commissioners (Lithograph), 1864 215258
- 84. The True Issue or “Thats Whats the Matter” (Lithograph), 1864 217260
- 85. “Our Captive Soldiers” (Song), 1864 218261
- 86. “Corruptions and Frauds of Lincoln’s Administration,” 1864 220263
- 87. Compromise with the South (Lithograph), September 3, 1864 224267
- 88. “Peace through Victory: A Thanksgiving Sermon,” September 11, 1864 226269
- 89. “Mayor and Council of Atlanta to Sherman,” September 11, 1864 230273
- 90. “Reply of Maj. Gen. Sherman to the Mayor of Atlanta,” September 12, 1864 232275
- 91. “Coercion Completed, or Treason Triumphant,” September 1864 235278
- 92. “A Song for the Boys,” 1864 240283
- 93. “Lincoln or McClellan: Appeal to the Germans in America,” 1864 242285
- 94. “Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress,” December 6, 1864 245288
- 6. Documents from 1865 and Beyond 251294
- 95. “The Conquered Banner” (Poem), April 1865 251294
- 96. The Chas-ed “Old Lady” of the C.S.A. (Lithograph), May 1865 253296
- 97. The “Rail Splitter” at Work Repairing the Union (Lithograph), 1865 254297
- 98. “Can a State Secede? Sovereignty in Its Bearing upon Secession and State Rights,” 1865 256299
- 99. “Sherman’s March to the Sea” (Song), 1865 260303
- 100. “The Nation” (Poem), 1866 262305
- 101. “The Burning of Columbia, S.C.,” 1866 266309
- 102. “The Blue and the Gray” (Poem), 1867 270313
- 103. The Great American Tanner (Lithograph), 1868 272315
- 104. This Is a White Man’s Government (Lithograph), September 5, 1868 273316
- 105. “Address on the Life and Character of Gen. Robert E. Lee,” October 12, 1871 276319
- 106. “The Military-Prison Keepers of the Late Southern Confederacy, in the Van of the Democratic Party,” 1876 279322
- 107. Of Course He Wants to Vote the Democratic Ticket (Lithograph), October 21, 1876 284327
- 108. “General Sherman’s March from Atlanta to the Coast,” April 26, 1884 285328
- 109. “An Humble Belisarius; or the Life of a ‘Johnny Reb,’ ” 1885 289332
- 110. “Song of the Irish Veteran,” 1887 291334
- 111. “Jeff. Davis Spouting Treason,” 1887 (Song) 294337
- 112. “Responsibility for the War of Secession,” 1893 295338
- Bibliography 301344
- Index 307350
- About the Author 315358