The Cambridge History of the American Civil War: Volume 1, Military Affairs

Narrates the major battles and campaigns of the conflict, conveying the full military experience during the Civil War.

Aaron Sheehan-Dean (Edited by)

9781316602683, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 17 November 2022

642 pages, 28 maps
22.9 x 15.2 x 3.5 cm, 0.95 kg

This volume narrates the major battles and campaigns of the conflict, conveying the full military experience during the Civil War. The military encounters between Union and Confederate soldiers and between both armies and irregular combatants and true non-combatants structured the four years of war. These encounters were not solely defined by violence, but military encounters gave the war its central architecture. Chapters explore well-known battles, such as Antietam and Gettysburg, as well as military conflict in more abstract places, defined by political qualities (like the border or the West) or physical ones (such as rivers or seas). Chapters also explore the nature of civil-military relations as Union armies occupied parts of the South and garrison troops took up residence in southern cities and towns, showing that the Civil War was not solely a series of battles but a sustained process that drew people together in more ambiguous settings and outcomes.

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 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.

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