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Major Problems in the Civil War and Reconstruction

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Major Problems in the Civil War and Reconstruction

by: PERMAN

ISBN 13:
9780669201482
ISBN 10:
0669201480
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 01/02/1990
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
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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

(33)

DOCUMENTS

(1)

Confederate President Jefferson Davis on the Issues of the War, April 1861

(1)

President Abraham Lincoln on the Meaning of the War: The Gettysburg Address, November 1863

(1)

ESSAYS

(31)

David M. Potter

The Civil War in the History of the Modern World

(7)

Arthur Bestor

The American Civil War As a Constitutional Crisis

(15)

Elizabeth Fox-Genovese

Eugene D. Genovese

The Southern Slaveholders in the Modern World

(9)

CHAPTER 2 The North and South Compared

(43)

DOCUMENTS

(11)

Frederick Law Olmsted Observes Southern Lassitude, 1854

(2)

Hinton Rowan Helper Exposes Southern Economic Backwardness, 1857

(1)

Frederick Law Olmsted Criticizes the South's Lack of Material Progress, 1861

(1)

J. D. B. DeBow Explains Southern Social Harmony, 1860

(3)

James Henry Hammond Claims Southern Cultural Superiority, 1845

(1)

George Fitzhugh Praises Southern Society, 1854

(1)

A New Orleans Editor Boasts of Southern Prosperity, 1861

(2)

ESSAYS

(31)

Edward Pessen

The Similarities Between the Antebellum North and South

(18)

James M. McPherson

The Differences Between the Antebellum North and South

(13)

CHAPTER 3 Sectional Politics in the 1850s

(41)

DOCUMENTS

(11)

Independent Democrats Protest the Kansas-Nebraska Act, January 1854

(3)

Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts Ridicules the Southern Gentry, May 1856

(1)

A Virginia Congressman Defends Preston Brooks, July 1856

(2)

Senator William Henry Seward of New York Warns of an Irrepressible Conflict, October 1858

(2)

Senator Andrew Johnson of Tennessee Argues for an Irrepressible Conflict between Capital and Labor, December 1859

(2)

Senator Albert G. Brown of Mississippi Explains the South's Position, December 1859

(1)

ESSAYS

(29)

William E. Gienapp

The Caning of Charles Sumner and the Rise of the Republican Party

(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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