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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816942703321

Titolo

A house divided during the Civil War era / / Rodney P. Carlisle and J. Geoffrey Golson, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Barbara, Calif. : , : ABC-CLIO, , c2007

London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2024

ISBN

979-82-16-02793-5

1-280-75808-2

9786610758081

1-85109-882-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 254 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Turning points-actual and alternate histories series

Altri autori (Persone)

CarlisleRodney P

GolsonJ. Geoffrey

Disciplina

973.7

Soggetti

Imaginary histories

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based on print version record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; 1 John Brown's Raid; 2 Confederate States of America; 3 First Battle of Bull Run; 4 Battle of Antietam; 5 Emancipation Proclamation; 6 Battle of Gettysburg; 7 Sherman's March to the Sea; 8 Lincoln Assassination; 9 Thirteenth Amendment; 10 Reconstruction; 11 Johnson's Impeachment; Appendices; Chronology of the Civil War Era; Resources; Index

Sommario/riassunto

"In colorful, readable prose, this volume provides a full history of the Civil War?including John Brown's raid; the story of the Confederate States of America; the battles of Bull Run, Antietam, and Gettysburg; Sherman's March to the Sea; the Emancipation Proclamation; the Thirteenth Amendment; Lincoln?s assassination; Reconstruction; and Andrew Johnson?s impeachment. But more importantly, it offers a range of essays on how events could have turned out differently?militarily, politically, and culturally. It challenges students and general readers alike to remember that the course of history is not preordained. Instead, history is "made" in critical moments of decision by those who choose one course of action over another. Their choices?and the



outcomes of those choices?could easily have been different."