
Behind Bayonets
The Civil War in Northern Ohio
The Kent State University Press(Author)
Kent State University Press
Will be published approx. on 30. March 2006
Book
Hardback
136 pages
978-0-87338-850-4 (ISBN)
Description
This book is a valuable addition to the literature on Ohio and the Civil War. Eminent Cleveland historian David Van Tassel had undertaken the challenge of writing an illustrated history of the Cleveland home-front during the Civil War. Unfortunately, he died in 2000 before completing his manuscript. Historian John Vacha completed the final chapters using notes, lists, and ideas that Van Tassel had written, and their efforts are presented in ""Behind Bayonets"". ""Behind Bayonets"" focuses on Ohio's substantial role in the Civil War. It is perhaps the only work that uses published and unpublished sources written by northeast Ohioans to comment on the causes, course, and purpose of the war. It does not provide an overview of battles, but it does address soldiers' enlistments and early camp experiences, women's experiences, public reactions to emancipation and the general political interest in the war, local business growth during the war, and Lincoln's assassination and the funeral train's stop in Cleveland. The authors use moving first-person commentaries and accounts to illustrate and explain these issues and situations. Additionally, the text is lavishly illustrated with rare photographs from the Western Reserve Historical Society archives. This regional perspective on the war is a noteworthy addition to Civil War literature, offering insight into what was going on at home while the war was being fought.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Kent, OH
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
illustrations, notes, index
Dimensions
Height: 285 mm
Width: 223 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
780 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-87338-850-4 (9780873388504)
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12/2013
Kent State University Press
€37.99
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Person
David D. Van Tassel was a professor of history at Case Western Reserve University, the creator of History Day, and editor of The History of Cleveland. John Vacha is the author of Showtime in Cleveland (The Kent State University Press, 2000) and The Music Went 'Round and Around: The Story of Musicarnival (The Kent State University Press, 2004)