Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
xii, 420 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Note |
Includes index. |
Contents |
pt. 1. 1858-1861 -- Uprising at Harper's ferry -- Execution of John Brown -- Lincoln elected -- South Carolina secedes -- Fort Sumter -- Battle of Bull Run -- pt. 2. 1862 -- Fort Donelson -- Monitor vs. Merrimac -- Battle of Pittsburgh Landing -- Capture of New Orleans -- Battling for Richmond -- Second Battle of Bull Run -- Antietam -- Emancipation Proclamation (preliminary) -- General McClellan dismissed -- Fredericksburg -- pt. 3. 1863 -- Chancellorsville -- Emancipation Proclamation (final) -- Death of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson -- Vicksburg -- Gettysburg -- Draft riots in New York City -- Gettysburg address -- pt. 4. 1864 -- Battle of the Wilderness -- Petersburg -- Battle of the Crater at Petersburg -- Fall of Atlanta -- pt. 5. 1865 -- Abolition of slavery -- Occupation of Richmond -- Surrender at Appomattox -- Assassination of Abraham Lincoln -- Abraham Lincoln's funeral -- Inauguration of Andrew Jackson -- John Wilkes Booth killed -- Trial of assassins -- Conspirators sentenced -- Four assassins hanged -- pt. 6. Obituaries -- Robert E. Lee (1807-1870) -- Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) -- Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) -- William T. Sherman (1820-1891). |
Subject |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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Added Author |
McPherson, James M.
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Added Title |
New York times.
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ISBN |
0312331231 |
Standard No. |
9780312331238 |
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