| Description |
237 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
History firsthand |
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History firsthand.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-231) and index. |
| Contents |
FORT SUMTER AND THE OUTBREAK OF WAR: Preparing for war / Jacob D. Cox -- Lincoln's message to Congress / Abraham Lincoln --On opposite sides / A. Nicholas and J.M. McCue -- Panic at Bull Run / William H. Russell -- FIGHTING FOR THE UNION CAUSE: First days in the Union Army / Rice C. Bull -- Meeting the Rebs at Fair Oaks / Charles Harvey Brewster -- Battling the Confederate Army of Virginia / Lorenzo Barnhart -- Riding and raiding in Virginia / Samuel E. Cormany -- IN THE OFFICER'S TENT: Grant takes command in Missouri / Ulysses S. Grant -- One officer's opinion / Robert Gould Shaw -- Why the North must fight / William T. Sherman -- Life in Andersonville prison / John Ransom -- THE BLACK SOLDIER IN THE NORTHERN ARMY: Life in a Black regiment / Thomas Wentworth Higginson -- A plea for equal pay / James Gooding -- Racist and incompetent leaders / Benjamin Williams -- An appraisal of Black troops / Nathaniel Banks -- ON THE HOME FRONT: Quantrill's Raiders attack Lawrence / Gurdon Grovenor -- Fighting the Copperheads / George E. Stephens -- Witness to the Draft Riots / Maria Lydig Daly -- The advantages of slavery / John Bell Robinson -- DOCTORING FOR THE NORTH: A volunteer surgeon marches with General Grant / John G. Perry -- Life on a hospital cot / Robert Hale Strong -- Tending the sick / Walt Whitman -- A woman doctor treats casualties from a Black regiment / Esther Hill Hawks -- APPOMATTOX AND VICTORY: Witness at Appomattox / Horace Potter -- "Death to all traitors" / Joseph Rutherford -- Captain Adams musters out / John G.B. Adams -- Advice from an old friend / Lydia Maria Child. |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
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Northeastern States -- History -- 19th century.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects.
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| Added Author |
Streissguth, Thomas, 1958-
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| ISBN |
0737703636 paperback alkaline paper |
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0737703644 library binding alkaline paper |
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