American Civil War
The Essential Reference Guide
Published on 19. July 2011
Book
Hardback
456 pages
978-1-59884-905-9 (ISBN)
Description
This essential reference work helps promote a thorough understanding of the conflict that divided the nation and proved more costly in terms of human suffering than any in American history.
Coinciding with the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, American Civil War: The Essential Reference Guide offers an accessible, single-volume source on the conflict that helped define the American nation. Enhanced by historical illustrations and documents, this guide promotes a nuanced understanding of the events, personalities, and issues related to the war and its aftermath.
In addition to an A-Z encyclopedia of major leaders, events, and issues, this work includes a comprehensive overview essay on the war, plus separate essays by a prominent Civil War historian on its causes and consequences. Perspective essays tackle such widely debated issues as the primary cause of the Confederate defeat and will inspire readers to exercise critical thinking skills. Biographies of military and political leaders provide insights about those individuals who played major roles in the conflict, while entries on key battles showcase the strategies of both sides as they struggled to emerge victorious.
Coinciding with the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, American Civil War: The Essential Reference Guide offers an accessible, single-volume source on the conflict that helped define the American nation. Enhanced by historical illustrations and documents, this guide promotes a nuanced understanding of the events, personalities, and issues related to the war and its aftermath.
In addition to an A-Z encyclopedia of major leaders, events, and issues, this work includes a comprehensive overview essay on the war, plus separate essays by a prominent Civil War historian on its causes and consequences. Perspective essays tackle such widely debated issues as the primary cause of the Confederate defeat and will inspire readers to exercise critical thinking skills. Biographies of military and political leaders provide insights about those individuals who played major roles in the conflict, while entries on key battles showcase the strategies of both sides as they struggled to emerge victorious.
Reviews / Votes
With the 150th anniversary of the conflict underway, editors Arnold and Wiener have put together a handy resource that takes a manifold approach, combining an A-Z encyclopedia format with 20 lengthy, illustrative primary documents; an extensive chronology; and a handful of significant essays that tackle the causality and consequences of the Civil War. . . . Sources such as this will be indispensible to collections supporting middle and high-school curriculums. * Booklist * Libraries that need single-volume Civil War ready reference or report material will appreciate this work. It combines opening essays featuring analysis of the war's causes, consequences, and historical controversies; 100 encyclopedia entries; a selection of primary-source readings; and a highly detailed time line. The clearly written analytical essays place aspects of the war into context, and authors discuss opposing viewpoints and competing historical theories, but blame slavery and its defenders for the conflict. * School Library Journal * Commemorating the 150th-year anniversary of the Civil War's beginning, editors Arnold and Wiener have compiled an inexpensive volume that covers the major military figures, battles, and panoply of war, along with the social and political forces that led to the conflict. . . . Recommended. * Choice * In the Civil War domain of reference it is a very fine work built upon the solid writing and work of 37 scholars, of whom about one-third are independent. The publisher was smart to secure esteemed historian Steven E. Woodworth as a lead writer. His essay contributions include valuable treatments on an Overview of the ACW, Causes of the ACW, Consequences of the ACW, and Leadership in the ACW. * The Civil War Gazette *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
55 bw illus
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Width: 183 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
1046 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59884-905-9 (9781598849059)
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Persons
James R. Arnold is a military historian and author of more than 20 books.
Roberta Wiener is managing editor of the Journal of Military History.
Roberta Wiener is managing editor of the Journal of Military History.
Content
Overview of the American Civil War,
Causes of the American Civil War,
Consequences of the American Civil War,
REFERENCE ENTRIES
Abolitionism,
African Americans, Confederate Army,
African Americans, Union Army,
Antebellum Decade, 1850-1860,
Antietam, Battle of (September 17, 1862),
Appomattox Court House and Surrender,
Artillery,
Atlanta Campaign,
Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant (1818-1893),
Blockade of the Confederacy,
Border States,
Bragg, Braxton (1817-1876),
Buell, Don Carlos (1818-1898),
Bull Run (Manassas), First Battle of (July 21, 1861),
Bull Run (Manassas), Second Battle of (August 29-30, 1862),
Burnside, Ambrose Everett (1824-1881),
Cavalry Organization and Tactics,
Champion Hill, Battle of,
Chancellorsville, Battle of,
Chattanooga, Battle of,
Chickamauga, Battle of,
Civil Liberties, Confederate,
Civil Liberties, Union,
Congress, Confederate,
Congress, Union,
Conscription, Confederate,
Conscription, Union,
Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889),
Desertion,
Early, Jubal (1816-1894),
Espionage,
Farragut, David Glasgow (1801-1870),
Foreign Involvement,
Forrest, Nathan Bedford (1821-1877),
Fort Henry and Fort Donelson, Battles of,
Fort Sumter, Battle of,
Gettysburg Campaign (June-July 1863),
Grant, Ulysses S. (1822-1885),
Guerrilla Warfare,
Halleck, Henry Wager (1815-1872),
Hardee, William J. (1815-1873),
Hood, John Bell (1831-1879),
Hooker, Joseph (1814-1879),
Industry,
Infantry Combat in the Civil War,
Infantry Organization and Equipment,
Jackson, Thomas J. (1824-1863),
Johnston, Albert Sidney (1803-1862),
Johnston, Joseph E. (1803-1891),
Kentucky Campaign,
Lee, Robert E. (1807-1870),
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865),
Longstreet, James (1821-1904),
McClellan, George Brinton (1826-1885),
Meade, George (1815-1872),
Medicine,
Monitor versus Virginia,
Native Americans,
Navy, Confederate,
Navy, Union,
News of the War,
Officer Corps,
Overland Campaign,
Pemberton, John Clifford (1814-1881),
Peninsula Campaign,
Petersburg, Siege of,
Polk, Leonidas (1806-1864),
Pope, John (1822-1892),
Porter, David Dixon (1813-1891),
Prisoners of War,
Railroads,
Reconstruction,
Rosecrans, William Starke (1819-1898),
Scott, Winfield (1786-1866),
Secession,
Shenandoah Valley (1862 and 1864),
Sheridan, Philip Henry (1831-1888),
Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891),
Shiloh, Battle of,
Slavery,
Smith, Edmund Kirby (1824-1893),
Stones River, Battle of,
Strategy, Confederate,
Strategy, Union,
Stuart, James Ewell Brown (1833-1864),
Telegraph,
Theaters of War,
Thomas, George Henry (1816-1870),
Trans-Mississippi Theater,
Vicksburg, Siege of,
PRIMARY SOURCE DOCUMENTS
Fugitive Slave Acts (1793, 1850),
Missouri Compromise (March 3, 1820),
Frederick Douglass: "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" (July 5, 1852),
South Carolina Ordinance of Secession (December 20, 1860),
Jefferson Davis: Inaugural Address (February 18, 1861),
Robert E. Lee: Resignation from the U.S. Army (April 20, 1861) and correspondence regarding his command of Virginia forces,
Ulysses S. Grant: Excerpt from autobiography, events of 1861,
Abraham Lincoln: Address to Congress (July 4, 1861),
"The Battle Hymn of the Republic" (1862),
Conscription Acts (April 16, 1862, and March 3, 1863),
Emancipation Proclamation (September 22, 1862),
Sam R. Watkins: Book excerpt, Confederate reaction to conscription,
Clement Vallandigham: Speech before Congress (February 23, 1863) and letter from prison (May 5, 1863),
Mary Loughborough: Book excerpt, siege of Vicksburg,
Abraham Lincoln: Gettysburg Address (November 19, 1863),
Robert McAllister: Letter, Union account of battle of May 12, 1864,
Theodore Lyman: Letter of Union soldier (May 18, 1864),
William T. Sherman: Orders concerning the march through Georgia (November 8-9, 1864),
Robert E. Lee: Surrender at Appomattox and farewell to troops (April 1865),
Reconstruction Acts (1867),
APPENDIX: HISTORICAL DILEMMAS IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
Leadership in the Civil War,
Congress and the War,
Presidential Politics,
International Relations,
Collapse of the Confederacy,
American Civil War Timeline,
Bibliography,
List of Editors and Contributors,
About the Editors,
Index,
Causes of the American Civil War,
Consequences of the American Civil War,
REFERENCE ENTRIES
Abolitionism,
African Americans, Confederate Army,
African Americans, Union Army,
Antebellum Decade, 1850-1860,
Antietam, Battle of (September 17, 1862),
Appomattox Court House and Surrender,
Artillery,
Atlanta Campaign,
Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant (1818-1893),
Blockade of the Confederacy,
Border States,
Bragg, Braxton (1817-1876),
Buell, Don Carlos (1818-1898),
Bull Run (Manassas), First Battle of (July 21, 1861),
Bull Run (Manassas), Second Battle of (August 29-30, 1862),
Burnside, Ambrose Everett (1824-1881),
Cavalry Organization and Tactics,
Champion Hill, Battle of,
Chancellorsville, Battle of,
Chattanooga, Battle of,
Chickamauga, Battle of,
Civil Liberties, Confederate,
Civil Liberties, Union,
Congress, Confederate,
Congress, Union,
Conscription, Confederate,
Conscription, Union,
Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889),
Desertion,
Early, Jubal (1816-1894),
Espionage,
Farragut, David Glasgow (1801-1870),
Foreign Involvement,
Forrest, Nathan Bedford (1821-1877),
Fort Henry and Fort Donelson, Battles of,
Fort Sumter, Battle of,
Gettysburg Campaign (June-July 1863),
Grant, Ulysses S. (1822-1885),
Guerrilla Warfare,
Halleck, Henry Wager (1815-1872),
Hardee, William J. (1815-1873),
Hood, John Bell (1831-1879),
Hooker, Joseph (1814-1879),
Industry,
Infantry Combat in the Civil War,
Infantry Organization and Equipment,
Jackson, Thomas J. (1824-1863),
Johnston, Albert Sidney (1803-1862),
Johnston, Joseph E. (1803-1891),
Kentucky Campaign,
Lee, Robert E. (1807-1870),
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865),
Longstreet, James (1821-1904),
McClellan, George Brinton (1826-1885),
Meade, George (1815-1872),
Medicine,
Monitor versus Virginia,
Native Americans,
Navy, Confederate,
Navy, Union,
News of the War,
Officer Corps,
Overland Campaign,
Pemberton, John Clifford (1814-1881),
Peninsula Campaign,
Petersburg, Siege of,
Polk, Leonidas (1806-1864),
Pope, John (1822-1892),
Porter, David Dixon (1813-1891),
Prisoners of War,
Railroads,
Reconstruction,
Rosecrans, William Starke (1819-1898),
Scott, Winfield (1786-1866),
Secession,
Shenandoah Valley (1862 and 1864),
Sheridan, Philip Henry (1831-1888),
Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891),
Shiloh, Battle of,
Slavery,
Smith, Edmund Kirby (1824-1893),
Stones River, Battle of,
Strategy, Confederate,
Strategy, Union,
Stuart, James Ewell Brown (1833-1864),
Telegraph,
Theaters of War,
Thomas, George Henry (1816-1870),
Trans-Mississippi Theater,
Vicksburg, Siege of,
PRIMARY SOURCE DOCUMENTS
Fugitive Slave Acts (1793, 1850),
Missouri Compromise (March 3, 1820),
Frederick Douglass: "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" (July 5, 1852),
South Carolina Ordinance of Secession (December 20, 1860),
Jefferson Davis: Inaugural Address (February 18, 1861),
Robert E. Lee: Resignation from the U.S. Army (April 20, 1861) and correspondence regarding his command of Virginia forces,
Ulysses S. Grant: Excerpt from autobiography, events of 1861,
Abraham Lincoln: Address to Congress (July 4, 1861),
"The Battle Hymn of the Republic" (1862),
Conscription Acts (April 16, 1862, and March 3, 1863),
Emancipation Proclamation (September 22, 1862),
Sam R. Watkins: Book excerpt, Confederate reaction to conscription,
Clement Vallandigham: Speech before Congress (February 23, 1863) and letter from prison (May 5, 1863),
Mary Loughborough: Book excerpt, siege of Vicksburg,
Abraham Lincoln: Gettysburg Address (November 19, 1863),
Robert McAllister: Letter, Union account of battle of May 12, 1864,
Theodore Lyman: Letter of Union soldier (May 18, 1864),
William T. Sherman: Orders concerning the march through Georgia (November 8-9, 1864),
Robert E. Lee: Surrender at Appomattox and farewell to troops (April 1865),
Reconstruction Acts (1867),
APPENDIX: HISTORICAL DILEMMAS IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
Leadership in the Civil War,
Congress and the War,
Presidential Politics,
International Relations,
Collapse of the Confederacy,
American Civil War Timeline,
Bibliography,
List of Editors and Contributors,
About the Editors,
Index,