The Cambridge History of the American Civil War

The most comprehensive analysis of the American Civil War to date, covering military, political, social, economic, and cultural aspects.

Aaron Sheehan-Dean (Edited by)

9781316608098, Cambridge University Press

Multiple-component retail product, published 17 November 2022

0 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 9.5 cm, 2.54 kg

'… Cambridge History of the American Civil War" impresses equally with the expertise of its authors and their wealth of topics.' Manfred Berg, Historische Zeitschrift

The Cambridge History of the American Civil War provides the most comprehensive analysis to date of the American Civil War. With contributions from over seventy-five leading historians of the Civil War, the three-volume reference work investigates the full range of human experiences and outcomes in this most transformative moment in American and global history. Volume 1 is organized around military affairs, assessing major battles and campaigns of the conflict. Volume 2 explores political and social affairs, conveying the experiences of millions of Americans who lived outside the major campaign zones in both the North and South. Volume 3 examines cultural and intellectual affairs, considering how the War's duration, scale, and intensity drove Americans to question how they understood themselves as people. The volumes conclude with an assessment of the legacies of the Civil War, demonstrating that its impact on American life shaped the country in the decades long after the end of the War.

Volume 1: 1. Introduction. The Cambridge History of the American Civil War Aaron Sheehan-Dean
Part I. Major Battles and Campaigns: 2. The battles of Virginia, 1861 Hunter Lesser
3. The battles of Tennessee, 1862 Timothy B. Smith
4. The battles of the Trans-Mississippi, 1861–1863 William L. Shea
5. The Peninsula Campaign Glenn D. Brasher
6. The Shenandoah Valley Campaigns of 1862 and 1864 Kathryn J. Shively
7. The Second Bull Run Campaign John Hennessy
8. The Antietam Campaign D. Scott Hartwig
9. The Western Theater, 1862–1863 Kenneth W. Noe
10. The Battle of Fredericksburg Elizabeth Parnicza
11. The Chancellorsville Campaign Christian B. Keller
12. The Gettysburg Campaign Carol Reardon
13. The Vicksburg Campaign Terrence J. Winschel
14. The battles of Tennessee, 1863 Daryl Black
15. The Overland Campaign Gordon C. Rhea
16. The Georgia Campaign Robert L. Glaze
17. The Carolinas Campaign Lisa Tendrich Frank
18. The Tennessee Campaign, 1864–1865 William Lee White
19. The Petersburg and Appomattox Campaigns William Marvel
Part II. Places: 20. War on the rivers Gary D. Joiner
21. War on the waters Kurt Hackemer
22. The blockade Robert Browning, Jr
23. The border war Aaron Astor
24. War in the Deep South Andrew F. Lang
25. War in Appalachia Brian D. McKnight
26. War in Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana Donald S. Frazier
27. War in the West Kevin Adams
28. War in Indian country Kevin Waite. Volume 2: Part I. Causes: 1. The Antebellum war over slavery Stanley Harrold
2. The election of 1860 Michael Green
3. Secession and disunion Michael E. Woods
Part II. Managing the War: 4. Strategy, operations, and tactics Donald Stoker and Mark Elam
5. Union military leadership Ethan S. Rafuse
6. Confederate military leadership Steven Woodworth
7. Technology and war Andrew S. Bledsoe
8. Armies and discipline Lesley J. Gordon
9. Financing the war David K. Thomson
10. Guerrilla war Barton A. Myers
11. Occupation Joan E. Cashin
12. Atrocities, retribution, and laws D. H. Dilbeck
13. Environmental war Lisa M. Brady
14. Civil war health and medicine Shauna Devine
15. Prisoners of war Lorien Foote
Part III. The Global War: 16. The Civil War and the Americas Andre M. Fleche
17. The Civil War and Europe Brian Schoen
Part IV. Politics: 18. Radicals and Republicans J. Matthew Gallman
19. Northern democrats Adam I. P. Smith
20. Confederate politics Paul D. Escott
21. Lincoln and the war Jonathan W. White
22. Peace and dissent in the North Jennifer L. Weber
23. African American political activism Stephen Kantrowitz
24. Davis and the War John M. Sacher
25. Peace and dissent in the South David Brown. Volume 3: Part I. Values: 1. Wartime masculinities James J. Broomall
2. Northern women and the Civil War Nina Silber
3. Southern women and the Civil War Sarah E. Gardner
4. Religion and the Civil War Timothy L. Wesley
5. Economic and social values in the Civil War Brian P. Luskey
Part II. Social Experience: 6. Families in the Civil War James Marten
7. Refugees and movement in the Civil War David Silkenat
8. Citizen soldiers Susannah J. Ural
9. Immigrant America and the Civil War David T. Gleeson
10. Emancipation and war Yael A. Sternhell
11. The black military experience Joseph P. Reidy
12. Motives and morale Paul A. Cimbala
13. Urban America in the Civil War Frank Towers
Part III. Outcomes: 14. Making peace Elizabeth R. Varon
15. Reconstruction during the Civil War Mark Summers
16. Veterans and the postwar world Barbara Gannon
17. The Civil War and the American state Gregory P. Downs
18. The Civil War and American law Christian G. Samito
19. The Civil War in visual art David C. Ward
20. The Civil War in American thought Peter S. Carmichael
21. The Civil War in artistic memory John Casey
22. The Civil War in film Craig A. Warren
23. The Civil War in public memory Caroline E. Janney.

Subject Areas: American Civil War [HBWJ], Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 [HBLL], History of the Americas [HBJK]