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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782508803321

Autore

Meyers Donald J

Titolo

And the war came [[electronic resource] ] : the slavery quarrel and the American Civil War / / by Donald J. Meyers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Algora Pub., c2005

ISBN

9786611395735

1-281-39573-0

0-87586-360-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Disciplina

306.3/62/0973

Soggetti

Slavery - United States - History

Slavery - Southern States - History

Slavery - Economic aspects - United States - History

Slavery - Moral and ethical aspects - United States - History

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Causes

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-275) and index.

Nota di contenuto

And the War Came; And the War Came; by Donald J. Meyers; Table of Contents; Prologue. Eight Thousand Years of Slavery; 1. The Declaration: Liberty, but Not for All; 2. Uniting Around a Constitution, At a Cost; 3. The Missouri Compromise; 4. A Besieged South Circles the Wagons; 5. The "Gag" Rule Fight; 6. The Kansas-Nebraska Act: One Party Dead, The Other Split; 7. Abraham Lincoln in Illinois; 8. The Lincoln-Douglas Debates: A Dark Horse; 9. Lincoln Elected, Seven States Defected; 10. An Act of War; 11. First Battle of Bull Run: Disillusion and Frustration

12. The Battle of Shiloh: Large-Scale Killing Shocks the Nation13. The Peninsula Campaign: McClellan spooked by Lee; 14. Second Bull Run and Antietam: Opportunity Squandered; 15. Slaughter at Fredericksburg, Jubilee with Emancipation; 16. The Battle of Chancellorsville: Lincoln's Depression Grows; 17. Gettysurg and Vicksburg: The Writing on the Wall; 18. The Battles of Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge: General Grant; 19. Atlanta and McPherson Fall: Something Went Out of the War; 20. Confederate Disaster in Tennessee,



And the 13th Amendment; 21. Lee Surrenders at Appomattox

22. Lincoln Assassinated, His Severe Task Done23. Abraham Lincoln: The Man John Quincy Adams was Looking For; Selected Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

"This detailed account of slavery in America, from Jamestown through the Civil War, explains its economic importance in the North as well as the South, its impact on the political dynamics of the Civil War, and the moral dilemmas it posed"--Provided by publisher.