| Edition |
First Ballantine Books edition. |
| Description |
xix, 904 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
The Oxford history of the United States ; v. 6 |
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Oxford history of the United States ; v. 6.
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| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 865-882. |
| Note |
Originally published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1988. (Oxford history of the United States ; v. 6). |
| Contents |
The United States at midcentury -- Mexico will poison us -- An empire for slavery -- Slavery, rum, and Romanism -- The crime against Kansas -- Mudsills and greasy mechanics for A. Lincoln -- The Revolution of 1860 -- The counterrevolution of 1861 -- Facing both ways: the upper south's dilemma -- Amateurs go to war -- Farewell to the Ninety Days' War -- Blockade and beachhead: the Salt-water War, 1861-1862 -- The River War in 1862 -- The sinews of war -- Billy Yank's chickahominy blues -- We must free the slaves or be ourselves subdued -- Carry me back to old Virginny -- John Bull's Virginia reel -- Three rivers in winter, 1862-1863 -- Fire in the rear -- Long remember: the summer of '63 -- Johnny Reb's Chattanooga blues -- When this cruel war is over -- If it takes all summer -- After four years of failure -- We are going to be wiped off the earth -- South Carolina must be destroyed -- We are all Americans -- Epilogue: to the shoals of victory. |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
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| ISBN |
0345359429 $14.95 |
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