Provides the most comprehensive overview of the American war memorial as a cultural form and reframes the national debate over Civil War monuments that remain potent presences on the civic landscape.
Provides the most comprehensive overview of the American war memorial as a cultural form and reframes the national debate over Civil War monuments tha...
From battlefields, boxcars, and forgotten warehouses to notorious prison camps, prisoners seemed to be everywhere during the American Civil War. Living by Inches is the first book to examine how imprisoned men in the Civil War perceived captivity through the basic building blocks of human experience - their five senses.
From battlefields, boxcars, and forgotten warehouses to notorious prison camps, prisoners seemed to be everywhere during the American Civil War. Livin...
During the Civil War, Americans confronted profound moral problems about how to fight in the conflict. In this innovative book, D.H. Dilbeck reveals how the Union sought to wage a just war, showing that northerners fought according to a distinct ""moral vision of war"", an array of ideas about the nature of a just and humane military effort.
During the Civil War, Americans confronted profound moral problems about how to fight in the conflict. In this innovative book, D.H. Dilbeck reveals h...
In this rich study of Union governors and their role in the Civil War, Stephen Engle examines how these politicians were pivotal in securing victory. In a time of limited federal authority, governors were an essential part of the machine that maintained the Union while it mobilized and sustained the war effort.
In this rich study of Union governors and their role in the Civil War, Stephen Engle examines how these politicians were pivotal in securing victory. ...
In this engaging and nuanced political history of Northern communities in the Civil War era, Adam Smith offers a new interpretation of the familiar story of the path to war and ultimate victory. Smith looks beyond the political divisions to consider the everyday conservatism that characterized the majority of Northern voters.
In this engaging and nuanced political history of Northern communities in the Civil War era, Adam Smith offers a new interpretation of the familiar st...
Prussian-born cartographer Oscar Hinrichs was a key member of Stonewall Jackson's staff, and worked alongside such prominent Confederate leaders as Joe Johnston and Jubal Early. Hinrichs's detailed wartime journals, published here for the first time, shed new light on mapmaking as a tool of war.
Prussian-born cartographer Oscar Hinrichs was a key member of Stonewall Jackson's staff, and worked alongside such prominent Confederate leaders as Jo...
Combines military and environmental history to forge a comprehensive new narrative of the American Civil War's significance and impact. As the authors reveal, the conflict created a new disease environment; led to large-scale modifications of the landscape; and sparked new thinking about the human relationship to the natural world.
Combines military and environmental history to forge a comprehensive new narrative of the American Civil War's significance and impact. As the authors...
