Handy Civil War Answer Book (eBook)

Samuel Willard Crompton (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2014
432 Seiten
Visible Ink Press (Verlag)
978-1-57859-518-1 (ISBN)

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From the biggest events and battles to the lesser-known warriors and women, a captivating, concise, and convenient guide to Americas defining conflict, its origins, key battles, people, events, and aftermath.The nations highest-casualty, bloodiest-war is still discussed, studied, acted out, and politically relevant. From the complex, turbulent and difficult events leading to the war, through the first shots fired at Fort Sumter, the military strategies, battles, and people, and from Lees surrender at Appomattox to the Southern reconstruction and modern aftermath,The Handy Civil War Answer Bookanswers more than 900 questions, from the most widely asked to the more obscure, such as ...How did the Mexican War influence Americans of the 1850s?What was Robert E. Lees connection to George Washington?What did people mean when they said Lincoln had the style of a buffoon and the brain of a giant?What is nullification? What is secession? How closely are they linked?What was so important about the Homestead Act?How did what happened at Harpers Ferry contribute to what would become the Civil War?What all-black regiment famously led the charge at Battery Wagner?Was there any precedent for the Siege of Vicksburg?Would North and South have been reconciled if Lincoln had not been assassinated?What became of Generals Grant and Lee after the war?How do Americans continue to commemorate the Civil War?Blending historical review with a little surprising trivia into an engaging question-and-answer format,The Handy Civil War Answer Bookis perfect for browsing and is ideal for the serious military or history buff, students, teachers, and anyone interested in a better understanding of our nation's pastand present. Photos, battlefield maps, and a chronology of major events contribute to the understanding of the War between the States in this tome is richly illustrated. Its helpful bibliography and extensive index add to its usefulness.

Autor

Samuel Willard Crompton has taught history to a generation of community college students, bridging the gap between the late analog and the early digital age. He is the author or editor of many books, including one on Ulysses Grant and another on Clara Barton. He was chosen to attend "The Civil War in Trans-National Perspective," an NEH summer program hosted by the Gilder-Lehrman Institute and NYU. One of the key questions the NEH scholars concentrated on was "Who won the Civil War?" While it is quite apparent that as of 1865 the twin causes of Union and Emancipation had prevailed, one can be forgiven for thinking otherwise when examining the South in, say, 1895. Crompton is also a major contributor to the 24-volume American National Biography, which is expected to stand as the premier American biographical reference for the next 50 years. He resides in Hadley, Massachusetts, where, when taking afternoon walks, he often passes a white stone by the side of the road that announces the birthplace of "Fighting Joe" Hooker.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.4.2014
• Reihe/Serie: The Handy Answer Book Series
• Reihe/Serie: The Handy Answer Book Series
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► 20. Jahrhundert bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• Schlagworte: Abraham Lincoln • Ambrose Burnside • Antietam • Army of Northern Virginia • Army of Tennessee • Army of the Cumberland • Army of the Potomac • battlecry civil war • battle cry freedom • Battle for New Orleans • battle of antietam • battle of bull run • Battle of Chancellorsville • battle of chickamauga • Battle of Cold harbor • battle of fredericksburg • Battle of Gettysburg • Battle of Lookout Mountain • Battle of Missionary Ridge • battle of shiloh • Battle of the Wilderness • Braxton Bragg • Civil War • civil war authors • civil war battlefields walking the trails of history • Civil War diaries • civil war era • civil war history • civil war history books • civil war narrative • civil war paperback • civil war south • civil war study guides • civil war timeline • civil war trust • Confederacy • David Glasgow Farragut • death civil war • Edwin Stanton • Election of 1860 • Emancipation • Emancipation Proclamation • Fort Sumter • fort sumter to perryville • Frederick Douglass • George B. McClellan • George B. Meade • George H. Thomas • Gettysburg • Gettysburg Address • Harpers Ferry Raid • Henry Halleck • Irwin McDowell • james longstreet • J. E. B. Stuart • Jefferson Davis • John B. Hood • John Wilkes Booth • Joseph E. Johnston • Joseph Hooker • Mary Todd Lincoln • Pickett’s Charge • Pierre T. Beauregard • Reenactments • Robert E. Lee • Secession • Siege of Chattanooga • Siege of Vicksburg • Slavery • south american history books • south civil war • stonewall jackson • the battle cry of freedom • The Civil War • the civil war a narrative • the civil war era • Thomas Jonathan Jackson • Ulysses S. Grant • united states civil war • William H. Seward • William T. Sherman • Winfield Scott
• ISBN-10: 1-57859-518-5 / 1578595185
• ISBN-13: 978-1-57859-518-1 / 9781578595181