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Major Problems in the Civil War and Reconstruction

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ISBN: 9780669201482 | 0669201480
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
Pub. Date: 1/2/1990

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SummaryTable of Contents
This best-selling title, designed to be either the primary anthology or textbook for the course, covers the Civil War's entire chronological span with a series of documents and essays.
CHAPTER 1 The Nature and Significance of the American Civil War
1(33)
DOCUMENTS
2(1)
Confederate President Jefferson Da... MORE
2(1)
President Abraham Lincoln on the Meaning of the War: The Gettysburg Address, November 1863
2(1)
ESSAYS
3(31)
David M. Potter
The Civil War in the History of the Modern World
3(7)
Arthur Bestor
The American Civil War As a Constitutional Crisis
10(15)
Elizabeth Fox-Genovese
Eugene D. Genovese
The Southern Slaveholders in the Modern World
25(9)
CHAPTER 2 The North and South Compared
34(43)
DOCUMENTS
35(11)
Frederick Law Olmsted Observes Southern Lassitude, 1854
35(2)
Hinton Rowan Helper Exposes Southern Economic Backwardness, 1857
37(1)
Frederick Law Olmsted Criticizes the South's Lack of Material Progress, 1861
38(1)
J. D. B. DeBow Explains Southern Social Harmony, 1860
39(3)
James Henry Hammond Claims Southern Cultural Superiority, 1845
42(1)
George Fitzhugh Praises Southern Society, 1854
43(1)
A New Orleans Editor Boasts of Southern Prosperity, 1861
44(2)
ESSAYS
46(31)
Edward Pessen
The Similarities Between the Antebellum North and South
46(18)
James M. McPherson
The Differences Between the Antebellum North and South
64(13)
CHAPTER 3 Sectional Politics in the 1850s
77(41)
DOCUMENTS
78(11)
Independent Democrats Protest the Kansas-Nebraska Act, January 1854
78(3)
Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts Ridicules the Southern Gentry, May 1856
81(1)
A Virginia Congressman Defends Preston Brooks, July 1856
82(2)
Senator William Henry Seward of New York Warns of an Irrepressible Conflict, October 1858
84(2)
Senator Andrew Johnson of Tennessee Argues for an Irrepressible Conflict between Capital and Labor, December 1859
86(2)
Senator Albert G. Brown of Mississippi Explains the South's Position, December 1859
88(1)
ESSAYS
89(29)
William E. Gienapp
The Caning of Charles Sumner and the Rise of the Republican Party
89(15)
Don E. Fehrenbacher
Kansas, Republicanism, and the Crisis of the Union
104(14)
CHAPTER 4 The Secession Crisis
118(29)
DOCUMENTS
119(6)
Henry Adams Later Describes the Policy Options, 1861
119(2)
President-Elect Lincoln Explains What Is at Stake, December 1860
121(1)
A North Carolina Unionist Urges Delay and Conciliation, March 1861
122(1)
Secretary of State Seward Advises Restraint, March 1861
123(2)
ESSAYS
125(22)
Kenneth M. Stampp
Lincoln and the Secession Crisis
125(10)
Daniel W. Crofts
William Henry Seward and the Decision for War
135(12)
CHAPTER 5 Fighting the War: The Strategy of the Generals
147(55)
DOCUMENTS
150(19)
President Lincoln Discerns the Military Issues, January 1862
150(1)
General George B. McClellan Submits His Plan for the Peninsula Campaign, February 1862
151(4)
Karl Marx Discusses Grand Strategy, 1862
155(3)
General McClellan Gives a Lesson in Grand Strategy, July 1862
158(2)
General Robert E. Lee Takes the Offensive, September 1862
160(1)
General William T. Sherman Explains How the War Has Changed, September 1864
161(2)
General Joseph E. Johnston Defends His Strategy of Disengagement, September 1864
163(2)
General John B. Hood Criticizes Johnston's Strategy, February 1865
165(2)
General Ulysses S. Grant Reports His Assignment Accomplished, July 1865
167(2)
ESSAYS
169(33)
Russell F. Weigley
Robert E. Lee: Napoleon of the Confederacy
169(15)
Bruce Catton
The Generalship of Ulysses S. Grant Defended
184(18)
CHAPTER 6 Fighting the War: The Experience of the Soldiers
202(35)
DOCUMENTS
203(12)
Songs the Soldiers Sang--Sentimental and Secular
203(2)
A Federal Soldier Deals with Combat, July 1861
205(1)
A Confederate Soldier Acknowledges Fear, (Undated)
206(1)
An Officer Laments the Inadequacy of Northern Generals, January 1863
207(1)
A Federal Private Applauds a Refusal to Fight, June 1864
208(1)
General Carl Schurz Describes the Horror of the Field Hospitals After Gettysburg, July 1863
209(1)
President Davis Seeks God's Aid and Mercy, October 1864
210(1)
A Confederate Chaplain Recounts His Experience of the Revivals (1863-1864), January 1867
211(4)
ESSAYS
215(22)
Gerald F. Linderman
Courage and Its Unraveling
215(10)
Drew Gilpin Faust
Christian Soldiers: Revivalism in the Confederate Army
225(12)
CHAPTER 7 Behind the Lines: Wartime Politics
237(41)
DOCUMENTS
238(8)
Howell Cobb Congratulates the Provisional Confederate Congress and Warns Against Party Spirit, February 1862
238(1)
A North Carolina Editor Warns Against Partisanship, September 1861
239(1)
The Leading Copperhead Condemns the Northern War Effort, January 1863
240(2)
Wendell Phillips Criticizes Lincoln's War Policy, August 1862
242(1)
President Lincoln Examines the Causes of Dissatisfaction with His Administration, November 1862
243(1)
President Lincoln Stresses the Importance of Elections, November 1864
244(2)
ESSAYS
246(32)
Eric L. McKitrick
Party Politics in Wartime: The Union and the Confederacy Compared
246(17)
Michael F. Holt
Abraham Lincoln and the Republican Party During the Civil War
263(15)
CHAPTER 8 Behind the Lines: Disaffection in the Confederacy
278(38)
DOCUMENTS
279(8)
A Federal Prisoner Discovers Why Southerners Fight, February 1864
279(1)
Confederate Vice-President Alexander H. Stephens Identifies "The Cornerstone of the Confederacy," March 1861
280(1)
President Davis Explains the Confederate Cause, December 1862
281(1)
Governor Joseph E. Brown of Georgia Denounces Confederate Policy, September 1862
282(1)
Vice-President Stephens Recommends an Alternative Confederate Strategy, January 1864
283(2)
Plain Folk Protest the Burden of the War, February 1863
285(1)
A Confederate Congressman Discusses Policy and Problems, October 1864
286(1)
ESSAYS
287(29)
Emory M. Thomas
The Political Revolution in the Confederacy
287(10)
Paul D. Escott
Southern Yeomen and the Confederacy
297(8)
Kenneth M. Stampp
The Road to Appomattox: The Problem of Morale in the Confederacy
305(11)
CHAPTER 9 The Home Front: Women and the War
316(37)
DOCUMENTS
317(9)
A Northern Nurse Expresses Her Frustration, October 1862
317(2)
Clara Barton Intervenes to Alleviate Suffering, September 1862
319(1)
A Black Woman Describes Her Role in Camp, 1864
320(1)
Walt Whitman Comments on Nurses and Hospitals, (Undated)
321(2)
A Southern Nurse Criticizes Southern Women, September 1863
323(1)
A Southern Nurse Commends Southern Women, (Undated)
324(1)
A Confederate Soldier Applauds Southern Womanhood, (Undated)
325(1)
ESSAYS
326(27)
Ann Douglas
The War Within a War: Women Nurses in the Union Army
326(12)
George C. Rable
The New Women of the Confederacy
338(15)
CHAPTER 10 Emancipation and Its Aftermath
353(47)
DOCUMENTS
354(22)
President Lincoln Discusses War Aims, August 1862
354(1)
President Lincoln Defends Emancipation, August 1863
355(2)
A Federal Commission Considers Policy Toward the Ex-Slaves, June 1863
357(1)
Frederick Douglass States the Freedmen's Demands, April 1865
358(2)
The U.S. Adjutant General Describes the Condition of Fleeing Slaves, August 1863
360(1)
A Black Union Soldier Protests His Mistreatment, November 1864
361(2)
A Freedmen's Bureau Agent Discusses Labor Relations, November 1867
363(2)
ESSAYS
365(35)
C. Vann Woodward
The International Context of Emancipation
365(11)
Clarence L. Mohr
Before Sherman: Georgia Blacks and the Union War Effort, 1861-1864
376(10)
Leon F. Litwack
Back to Work: The New Dependency
386(14)
CHAPTER 11 The Republican Party and Reconstruction Policy
400(41)
DOCUMENTS
402(13)
The Wade-Davis Manifesto Denounces Lincoln's Reconstruction Policy, August 1864
402(2)
Republican Richard H. Dana, Jr., Presents His "Grasp of War" Theory, June 1865
404(2)
Senator Lyman Trumbull of Illinois Explains His Civil Rights Bill, January and April 1866
406(1)
Representative Thaddeus Stevens of Pennsylvania Sets out His Terms, January 1867
407(1)
Representative George W. Julian of Indiana Outlines the Scope of Reconstruction, January 1867
408(1)
Senator John Sherman of Ohio Urges Caution and Moderation, February 1867
409(1)
Congress's Terms for Readmission and Reconstruction, June 1866 and March 1867
410(3)
A Southern Republican Later Condemns Congress's Reconstruction Policy, 1879
413(2)
ESSAYS
415(26)
M. Les Benedict
The Conservative Basis of Radical Reconstruction
415(11)
Peyton McCrary
The Radicalism of the Northern Republicans
426(15)
CHAPTER 12 Reconstructing the South
441(33)
DOCUMENTS
442(8)
Georgia Chief Justice Joseph E. Brown Urges Republicans to Be Conciliatory, December 1868
442(1)
A Texas Republican Laments His Party's Leniency, August 1870
443(1)
Governor Daniel H. Chamberlain of South Carolina Defends Conciliation and Reform, January 1876
444(2)
A South Carolina Republican Applauds His State's New Constitution, March 1868
446(2)
A Mississippi Sheriff Recalls His Achievements During Reconstruction, 1884
448(2)
ESSAYS
450(24)
Ted Tunnell
The Contradictions of Power
450(8)
Eric Foner
Reconstruction and the Crisis of Free Labor
458(16)
CHAPTER 13 The African-American Experience in the Reconstruction South
474(51)
DOCUMENTS
475(10)
A Freedmen's Bureau Agent Predicts a Grim Future for the Freed Slaves, 1868-1869
475(2)
South Carolina Blacks Assert Their Demands, November 1865
477(1)
Richard H. Cain of South Carolina Stresses the Importance of Land, February 1868
478(2)
Francis L. Cardozo of South Carolina Discusses Mixed Schooling, March 1868
480(1)
Representative Robert B. Elliott of South Carolina Demands Federal Civil Rights, January 1874
481(3)
A Freed Slave Remembers Her Struggle After Emancipation, (Undated)
484(1)
A Black Observer Reports on Women and Fieldwork, 1867
484(1)
ESSAYS
485(40)
Thomas C. Holt
Black State Legislators in South Carolina During Reconstruction
485(12)
Jacqueline Jones
The Political Economy of the Black Family During Reconstruction
497(9)
Elizabeth Rauh Bethel
A Black Settlement in South Carolina, 1870-1880
506(19)
CHAPTER 14 The Collapse of Reconstruction
525(40)
DOCUMENTS
526(12)
Senator Carl Schurz of Missouri Condemns Reconstruction, January 1872
526(1)
Representative Alexander White of Alabama Defends the Carpetbaggers, February 1875
527(2)
A Northern Correspondent Censures Mississippi Politicians, 1875
529(3)
Representative L. Q. C. Lamar of Mississippi Demands Self-Government for the South, June 1874
532(2)
Governor William P. Kellogg of Louisiana Demands Punishment for the Coushatta Assassins, September 1874
534(2)
Governor Adelbert Ames Deplores the Violence in Mississippi, September 1875
536(1)
President Grant Disclaims Responsibility, July 1876
537(1)
ESSAYS
538(27)
Lawrence N. Powell
Carpetbaggers and the Problems of Republican Rule in the South
538(10)
Michael Perman
Southern Democrats and the Overthrow of Reconstruction, 1873-1876
548(17)
CHAPTER 15 Economic Developments After the Civil War
565
DOCUMENTS
567(12)
Statistics on the U.S. Economy After the War
567(2)
Representative William D. "Pig Iron" Kelley of Pennsylvania Endorses the Wartime Tariff, February 1869
569(2)
Amasa Walker Denounces Wartime Governmental Intervention, 1874
571(1)
William Graham Sumner Derides Protectionism, 1886
571(1)
A Northerner Assesses the South's Postwar Labor System, 1875
572(3)
Henry W. Grady Enthuses Over the "New South," December 1886
575(1)
A Leading African-American Unmasks the "New South," 1888
576(3)
ESSAYS
579
Morton Keller
The Political Economy of Postwar America
579(10)
Gavin Wright
From Laborlords to Landlords: New Channels for Old Energies
589

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