|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. |
Record Nr. |
UNINA9910818459303321 |
|
|
Titolo |
Illinois's war : the Civil War in documents / / edited by Mark Hubbard |
|
|
|
|
|
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
|
|
Athens, : Ohio University Press, c2013 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISBN |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Descrizione fisica |
|
1 online resource (277 p.) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Collana |
|
The Civil War in the great interior |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Altri autori (Persone) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Disciplina |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Soggetti |
|
Illinois History Civil War, 1861-1865 Sources |
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Sources |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lingua di pubblicazione |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
|
|
|
|
|
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
|
|
|
|
|
Note generali |
|
Description based upon print version of record. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di bibliografia |
|
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di contenuto |
|
Contents; Introduction; One: Illinois and the Politics of Slavery; Two: The Emergence of Lincoln and the Secession Crisis; Three: Improvising War; Four: Illinois and Emancipation; Five: Divided Houses; Six: The Soldiers' War; Seven: Hearts and Minds in the Days of Total War; Eight: In the Shadows of War |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sommario/riassunto |
|
On the eve of the Civil War and after, Illinois was one of the most significant states in the Union. Its history is, in many respects, the history of the Union writ large: its political leaders figured centrally in the war's origins, progress, and legacies; and its diverse residents made sacrifices and contributions-both on the battlefield and on the home front-that proved essential to Union victory. The documents in Illinois's War reveal how the state and its people came to assume such a prominent role in this nation's greatest conflict. In these crucial decades Illinois |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|