Long considered the standard text in the field, The Civil War and Reconstruction--originally written by James G. Randall and revised by David Donald--is now available in a thoroughly revised new edition prepared by David Donald, Jean H. ...
... Us: The Civil War Diary of Amos Stouffer of Chambersburg,” Civil War History 38 (September 1992): 214–15; Wilbur Sturtevant Nye, Here Come the Rebels! ... Harry W. Pfanz, Gettysburg: The First Day (Chapel Hill: 342 FATEFUL LIGHTNING.
But Lee was the subject of "Prospects of the Southern Sambo," one of the most brutal cartoons published by Frank Leslie's Illustrated Neiospaper. It shows a slave tied to a post and being beaten by a white man, to which Lee responds, ...
David Herbert Donald, Charles Sumner and the Rights of Man (1970), sheds new light on an important figure. ... Whig (1966); Hans L. Trefousse, Ben Butler (1957), and Benjamin Franklin Wade: Radical Republican from Ohio (1963).
Describes the society and the institutions that went down during the Civil War and Reconstruction and the internal conditions of Alabama during the war. Emphasizes the social and economic problems...
This text, designed to be the primary anthology for the introductory survey course, covers the span of the Civil War.
Moneyhon looks at the reasons Reconstruction failed to live up to its promise.
... Patrick Ronayne 369–370 African American soldiers 152 Confederate recruitment of slaves 159c, 254 proposal to arm slaves 204, 216c, 347–351 Cleburne Memorial 347–352 Clifton (gunboat) 190c Cobb, Howell 84, 104 Cochrane, ...
A work that stands along as well as in proud accompaniment to the temporary collection, it will appeal to general readers and assist instructors of both new and seasoned students of the Civil War and its tumultuous aftermath.
Ultimately, Laura F. Edwards argues that this new nation of rights offered up promises that would prove difficult to sustain.