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Faust, Drew Gilpin.
2008
An illuminating study of the American struggle to comprehend the meaning and practicalities of death in the face of the unprecedented carnage of the Civil War. During the war, approximately 620,000 soldiers lost their lives. An equivalent proportion of today's population would be six million. This book explores the impact of this enormous death toll from every angle: material, political, intellectual, and spiritual. Historian Faust delineates the ways death changed not only individual lives but the life of the nation and its understanding of the rights and responsibilities of citizenship. She describes how survivors mourned and how a deeply religious culture struggled to reconcile the slaughter with its belief in a benevolent God, and reconceived its understanding of life after death.--From publisher description.
The work of death -- Dying: "to lay down my life" -- Killing: "the harder courage" -- Burying: "new lessons caring for the dead" -- Naming: "the significant word UNKNOWN" -- Realizing: civilians and the work of mourning -- Believing and doubting: "what means this carnage?" -- Accounting: "our obligations to the dead" -- Numbering: "how many? how many?" -- Epilogue: Surviving.
xviii, 346 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
9780375404047
037540404X
eng
Alfred A. Knopf
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0715/2007014658.html
Death--Social aspects--United States--History--19th century.
Death--United States--Psychological aspects--History--19th century.
Burial--Social aspects--United States--History--19th century.
Burial--United States--Psychological aspects--History--19th century.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Psychological aspects.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Influence.
This republic of suffering : death and the American Civil War
070409
123232283
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Silvey, Anita.
c2008
Sarah Emma Edmonds enlisted because she believed in the Union cause; Melverina Peppercorn joined to stay near her twin brother. Although women were not allowed to enlist as soldiers in the Civil War, many disguised themselves as men and fought anyway.
"The music of regimental bands": the first Battle of Bull Run -- "Won't you let me come with you?": reasons for becoming a soldier -- "Don the breeches": enlisting in the military -- "A skirmish drill is the prettiest drill": a soldier's life -- "The whole landscape for an instant turned slightly red": women at Antietam -- "I would rather have been shot dead": hospitals and prisons -- "Touched with fire": after the war.
115 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
0618574913
9780618574919
eng
Clarion Books
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0817/2008018053.html
Women soldiers--United States--History--19th century--Juvenile literature.
Women soldiers--Confederate States of America--History--19th century--Juvenile literature.
Women--United States--History--19th century--Juvenile literature.
Women--Confederate States of America--History--Juvenile literature.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, Female--Juvenile literature.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Women--Juvenile literature.
I'll pass for your comrade : women soldiers in the Civil War
080418
225870878
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Warren, Andrea.
2009
This book looks at the 1862-63 battle for Vicksburg through the eyes of three children: ten-year-old Lucy, the daughter of a Vicksburg merchant; eleven-year-old Willie, the son of a minister; and twelve-year old Frederick, the son of Ulysses S. Grant.
War comes to Vicksburg : December 1862 -- The Christmas Eve Ball : December 24, 1862 -- The general's boy goes to war : spring 1863 -- Burying the family silver : late spring 1863 -- At the battle front : late spring 1863 -- The Yankees are coming! : May 1863 -- The road to Vicksburg : May 15-18, 1863 -- Enemy at the gates : May 17-25, 1863 -- Into the caves : late May and early June 1863 -- Dangerous days : early June 1863 -- Growing desperation : middle June 1863 -- Empty stomachs : late June 1863 -- Surrender! : July 4, 1863 -- The unfinished war : July 1863 and beyond -- Postscripts -- Other information about the war -- Facts about the war -- Children orphaned by war -- Women and the war -- Reconstruction.
166 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
9780374312558 (hardcover)
0374312559 (hardcover)
eng
Melanie Kroupa Books
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0902/2008001136-b.html
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0902/2008001136-d.html
Children--Mississippi--Vicksburg--History--19th century--Juvenile literature.
Vicksburg (Miss.)--History--Siege, 1863--Juvenile literature.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Children--Juvenile literature.
Under siege! : three children at the Civil War battle for Vicksburg
Three children at the Civil War battle for Vicksburg
080111
191090259
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Murdocca, Sal,
Osborne, Mary Pope.
2000
"A Stepping Stone book."
Jack and Annie are transported by their magic tree house to the time of the Civil War where they meet Clara Barton.
72 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
067989067X
9780679890676
0679990674 (lib. bdg.)
9780679990673 (lib. bdg.)
eng
Random House
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/random045/99054072.html
Magic tree house ; #21
Barton, Clara, 1821-1912--Juvenile fiction.
Brothers and sisters--Juvenile fiction.
Time travel--Juvenile fiction.
Magic--Juvenile fiction.
Tree houses--Juvenile fiction.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Juvenile fiction.
Civil War on Sunday
991015
42708123
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Stanchak, John E.
c2000
Includes index.
Examines many aspects of the Civil War, including the issue of slavery, secession, the raising of armies, individual battles, the commanders, Northern life, Confederate culture, the surrender of the South, and the aftermath.
Long argument -- Slave life -- Election of 1860 -- Underground Railroad -- Secession -- Raising armies -- Everyone's war -- Women at war -- Young and the old -- Outfitting armies -- Bull Run -- Sick and wounded -- Great commanders -- Arming soldiers -- Black volunteers -- Horsemen -- Army camp life -- Field artillery -- Gettysburg -- Siege of Vicksburg -- Northern life -- Confederate culture -- War on the water -- Secret war -- March to the Sea -- Confederacy surrenders -- Fates of two leaders -- Life of freedom -- New era begins -- Index.
64 p. : ill. (some col.), 1 col. map ; 29 cm.
078946988X (lib.)
9780789469885 (lib.)
0789463024
9780789463029
eng
Dorling Kindersley Pub
DK eyewitness books
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Juvenile literature.
Civil War
000106
43487214
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Keegan, John, 1934-
2009
Analyzes many puzzling aspects of the Civil War, from its mismatched sides to the absence of decisive outcomes for dozens of skirmishes, and offers insight into the war's psychology, ideology, and economics while discussing the pivotal roles of leadership and geography.
North and South divide -- Will there be a war? -- Improvised armies -- Running the war -- The military geography of the Civil War -- The life of the soldier -- Plans -- McClellan takes command -- The war in middle America -- Lee's war in the East, Grant's war in the West -- Chancellorsville and Gettysburg -- Vicksburg -- Cutting the Chattanooga-Atlanta link -- The overland campaign and the fall of Richmond -- Breaking into the South -- The battle off Cherbourg and the Civil War at sea -- Black soldiers -- The home fronts -- Walt Whitman and wounds -- Civil War generalship -- Civl War battle -- Could the South have survived? -- The end of the war.
xvi, 396 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm.
9780307263438
0307263436
eng
Alfred A. Knopf
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1005/2009019469-s.html
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1005/2009019469-b.html
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1005/2009019469-d.html
Military geography--United States--History--19th century.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Strategic aspects.
United States--Geography.
The American Civil War : a military history
090508
303042537
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Ward, Andrew, 1946-
2008
The first narrative history of the Civil War as told by the very people it freed. Historian of nineteenth-century and African-American history Andrew Ward weaves together hundreds of interviews, diaries, letters, and memoirs. Here is the Civil War as seen from slave quarters, kitchens, roadsides, swamps, and fields. Body servants, army cooks and launderers, runaways, teamsters, and gravediggers bring the war to richly detailed life. From slaves' theories about the causes of the Civil War to their frank assessments of major figures; from their searing memories of the carnage of battle to their often startling attitudes toward masters and liberators alike; and from their initial jubilation at the Yankee invasion of the slave South to the crushing disappointment of freedom's promise unfulfilled, this is a transformative vision of America's second revolution.--From publisher description.
Preface -- pt. 1. The Union, 1850 to 1860 -- Prologue : "We done now" -- 1. "Before their time" -- 2. "A grand man" -- 3. "The Union, gentlemen, the Union" -- pt. 2. The East, 1861 -- 4. "Worser for us than ever" -- 5. "They's folks!" -- pt. 3. The West, 1861 and 1862 -- 6. " Grant shelling the rebels!" -- 7. "The blood run deep" -- 8. "I couldn't leave" -- pt. 4. The East, 1862 -- 9. "This child just pray" -- 10. "A squally time" -- 11. "Ain't God the captain?" -- pt. 5. The West, 1863 -- 12. "I rejoiced all i could" -- 13. "Ungodly times" -- 14. "Ain't over yet" -- 15. "Running from the war" -- 16. "A drizzly day" -- pt. 6. The East, 1863 -- 17. "All the poor soldiers" -- 18. "Fearing and trembling" -- pt. 7. The West, 1864 -- 19. "Still I rebelled" -- 20. "A rugged cross" -- 21. "Don't want any such again" -- pt. 8. The East, 1864 -- 22. "All that killing" -- 23. "A most scandalous thing" -- pt. 9. Sherman, 1864 -- 24. "Ain't gonna be long now" -- 25. "What they care? " -- pt. 10. East and West, 1865 -- 26. "I have seen father Abraham" -- 27. " The plans of God" -- 28. "A tired old man" -- 29. "The row's end" -- 30. "Nowhere to go" -- 31. "I got my own again -- Epilogue : "All alike" -- Author's note : "We'll talk this story over" --- A directory of witnesses -- Acknowledgments -- Sources -- Index.
xiv, 386 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
9780618634002
0618634002
eng
Houghton Mifflin Co
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0905/2008001532-s.html
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0905/2008001532-t.html
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0905/2008001532-b.html
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0905/2008001532-d.html
Slaves--Southern States--Biography.
Freedmen--United States--Biography.
African Americans--Biography.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.
The slaves' war : the Civil War in the words of former slaves
080118
191732263
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MPAA rating: Not rated.
Burns, Ken, 1953-
Burns, Ric.
Dewhurst, Colleen.
Fishburne, Larry.
Freeman, Morgan.
Irons, Jeremy, 1948-
Jacobi, Derek.
Robards, Jason.
Waterston, Sam.
Shaw, Bruce.
Axton, Hoyt.
Ward, Geoffrey C.
McCullough, David G.
American Documentary, Inc.
Florentine Films.
Time-Life Video.
PBS Home Video.
Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
[2004], c1990
Originally produced as a television mini-series in 1990.
Special features: behind-the-scenes: "The Civil War Reconstruction" ; commentary track by Ken Burns ; interviews with George Will, Shelby Foote and Stanley Crouch ; biography cards and battlefield maps.
Awards: Emmy Awards, 1991: Emmy Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming (Geoffrey C. Ward (writer), Ric Burns (writer), Ken Burns (writer) - For episode #9: "The Better Angels Of Our Nature") ; Outstanding Informational Series (Ken Burns (producer), Ric Burns (producer), Stephen Ives (co-producer), Julie Dunfey (co-producer), Mike Hill (co-producer), Catherine Eisele (coordinating producer) - For episode #5 "The Universe Of Battle").
Emmy Awards, 1991: Emmy Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming (Geoffrey C. Ward (writer), Ric Burns (writer), Ken Burns (writer) - For episode #9: "The Better Angels Of Our Nature") ; Outstanding Informational Series (Ken Burns (producer), Ric Burns (producer), Stephen Ives (co-producer), Julie Dunfey (co-producer), Mike Hill (co-producer), Catherine Eisele (coordinating producer) - For episode #5 "The Universe Of Battle").
An epic documentary bringing life to America's most destructive - and defining - conflict. Here is the saga of celebrated generals and the ordinary soldiers. A heroic and transcendent president and a country that had to divide itself in two in order to become one again.
Disc 1. Episode one : the Cause (1861), DVD special features -- Disc 2. Episodes two and three : A Very Bloody Affair, Forever Free (1862) -- Disc 3. Episodes four and five : Simply Murder, the Universe of Battle (1863) -- Disc 4. Episodes six and seven : Valley of the Shadow of Death, Most Hallowed Ground (1864) -- Disc 5. Episodes eight and nine : War is All Hell, the Better Angles of Our Nature (1865)
5 videodiscs (700 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
1415702470
9781415702475
Closed-captioned.
eng
PBS Home Video
Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment
DVD, 5.1 surround sound, digitally remastered.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Military art and science--History.
Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Confederate States of America--History, Military.
The Civil War
050112
57408580
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McPherson, James M.
2007
Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-251) and index.
Slavery and the coming of the war. And the war came ; Escape and revolt in black and white -- The lost cause revisited. The Confederacy : a house divided? ; Was the best defense a good offense? : Jefferson Davis and Confederate strategies ; The Saratoga that wasn't : the impact of Antietam abroad ; To conquer a peace? : Lee's goals in the Gettysburg campaign ; The last rebel : Jesse James ; Long-legged Yankee lies : the lost cause textbook crusade -- Architects of victory. "We stand by each other always" : Grant and Sherman ; The hard hand of war : Unvexed to the sea : Lincoln, Grant, and the Vicksburg campaign -- Home front and battle front. Brahmins at war ; "Spend much time in reading the daily papers" : the press and army morale in the Civil War ; No peace without victory, 1861-1865 -- Lincoln. To remember that he had lived ; "As commander-in-chief I have the right to take any measure which may best subdue the enemy.
xii, 260 p. ; 24 cm.
9780195313666 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0195313666 (hardcover : alk. paper)
eng
Oxford University Press
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip074/2006035523.html
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0725/2006035523-b.html
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0725/2006035523-d.html
http://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0f5s7-aa
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
This mighty scourge : perspectives on the Civil War
061023
74915689
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Bahr, Howard, 1946-
2006
It's been twenty years since Cass Wakefield returned from the Civil War to his hometown in Mississippi, but he is still haunted by battlefield memories. Now he is presented with a chance to literally retrace his steps from the past, as his dying friend Alison urges him to accompany her on a trip to Franklin, Tennessee, to recover the bodies of her father and brother. As they make their way north over the battlefields, they are joined by two of Cass's former brothers-in-arms, and his memories reemerge with overwhelming vividness. Before long the group has assembled on the haunted ground of Franklin, where past and present--the legacy of the war and the narrow hope of redemption--will draw each of them toward a painful confrontation. Moving between harrowing scenes of battle and the novel's present-day quest, author Bahr recreates this era with devastating authority.--From publisher description.
292 p. ; 25 cm.
0805067396
9780805067392
eng
H. Holt
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0701/2005055011-s.html
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0625/2005055011-b.html
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0625/2005055011-d.html
Historical fiction.
War stories.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Fiction.
Southern States--Fiction.
The Judas Field : a novel of the Civil War
Historical fiction.
War stories.
051117
62381518
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