The North’s Civil War

Edited by Andrew L. Slap, East Tennessee State University

The North’s Civil War series explores Northern society and its role in a broadly defined Civil War era, stretching from the antebellum development of the North to the aftereffects of the conflict in the postbellum period. With regard to the Civil War itself, the series focuses on both the Northern home front and the Union military, following Northern soldiers and sailors to battlefields and occupation duty throughout the South. The series encompasses innovative scholarship in a variety of fields, including military, biographical, social, political, intellectual, environmental, diplomatic, religious, and cultural history. Focusing on the North and its people during the Civil War era adds a vital perspective to understanding one of the most important eras in American history.

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New Perspectives on the Union War

New Perspectives on the Union War

Gary W. Gallagher, Elizabeth R. Varon, Michael Caires, Frank Cirillo, D.H. Dilbeck, Jack Furniss, Gary W. Gallagher, Jesse George-Nichol, William B. Kurtz, Peter Luebke, Tamika Nunley, Elizabeth R. Varon

Edited by Gary W. Gallagher and Elizabeth R. Varon

Contributor(s): Michael Caires, Frank Cirillo, D.H. Dilbeck, Jack Furniss, Gary W. Gallagher, Jesse George-Nichol, William B. Kurtz, Peter Luebke, Tamika Nunley and Elizabeth R. Varon

New Perspectives on the Union War explores, at a wide array of points along the political spectrum, the many shapes patriotic sentiment took in the loyal states during the Civil War. The essays provide new insights into well-known figures such as Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase, political philosopher Francis Lieber, African American author/entrepreneur Elizabeth Keckley, abolitionist Abby Kelly Foster, New York governor Horatio Seymour, and Attorney General Edward Bates. They also offer the perspectives of common soldiers, of the partisan press, of the clergy, and of social reformers.

ISBN: 9780823284535

A Great Sacrifice

A Great Sacrifice

James G. Mendez

James G. Mendez

This study analyzes the effects of the Civil War on northern black families as they sacrificed for a Union victory. This book especially studies the effects of the war on these families as they and their soldiers fully supported the Union war effort and strived to gain full American citizenship.

ISBN: 9780823282494

Our Country

Grant R. Brodrecht

Grant R. Brodrecht

Our Country explores northern evangelical thought and sentiment regarding the concept of Union during the Civil War and Reconstruction. A primary aim of the book is to shift our focus back toward the Union’s importance in relation to northern understanding during the Civil War-era.

ISBN: 9780823279913

Contested Loyalty

Contested Loyalty

Robert M. Sandow, Gary W. Gallagher, Judith Giesberg, Ryan W. Keating, Melinda Lawson, Julie A. Mujic, Timothy J. Orr, Thaddeus M. Romansky, Matthew Warshauer, Jonathan W. White, Kanisorn Wongsrichanalai

Edited by Robert M. Sandow

Contributor(s): Judith Giesberg, Ryan W. Keating, Melinda Lawson, Julie A. Mujic, Timothy J. Orr, Thaddeus M. Romansky, Matthew Warshauer, Jonathan W. White and Kanisorn Wongsrichanalai

Situational and wartime constructions of "Patriotism" and "Loyalty" shaped American discourse and actions throughout the Civil War. While most scholarly work on Civil War Era nationalism has focused on southern identity and Confederate nationhood, this volume examines the variable, fluid constructions of these concepts in the Civil War Era North.

ISBN: 9780823279753

Shades of Green

Shades of Green

Ryan W. Keating

Ryan W. Keating

Drawing on records of about 5,500 soldiers and veterans, Shades of Green traces the organization of Irish regiments from the perspective of local communities in Connecticut, Illinois, and Wisconsin...

ISBN: 9780823276608

Northern Character

Northern Character

Kanisorn Wongsrichanalai

Kanisorn Wongsrichanalai

This book examines the social and gendered world of college-educated New Englanders who fought in the Civil War by exploring how they tried to develop good character traits and a sense of nationalism. The book also explores how these men interacted with soldiers and southerners, faced battle, and approached Reconstruction.

ISBN: 9780823271825

Excommunicated from the Union

Excommunicated from the Union

William B. Kurtz

William B. Kurtz

The American Civil War helped to isolate Catholics further from the rest of American society. The service of Catholic soldiers in the Union Army did not eradicate nativism or anti-Catholicism because so many other Catholic northerners prominently opposed the war and emancipation.

ISBN: 9780823268863

On the Edge of Freedom

On the Edge of Freedom

David G. Smith

David G. Smith

Describes the development of antislavery activism in border south central Pennsylvania. Rather than engage in public protest, activists concentrated on protecting fugitive slaves and prosecuting those who sought to recapture them. This approach paid dividends before the Civil War, but did not provide a solid basis for equal opportunity afterwards.

ISBN: 9780823263790

Deserter Country

Deserter Country

Robert M. Sandow

Robert M. Sandow

During the Civil War, there were throughout the Union explosions of resistance to the war -from the deadly Draft Riots in New York City to other, less well-known outbreaks. In Deserter Country,...

ISBN: 9780823230525

The Lincoln Assassination

The Lincoln Assassination

Harold Holzer, Craig L. Symonds, Frank J. Williams

Craig L. Symonds and Frank J. Williams

Edited by Harold Holzer

The assassination of President Abraham Lincoln remains one of the most prominent events in U.S. history. It continues to attract enormous and intense interest from scholars, writers, and armchair...

ISBN: 9780823263981

A History of the Negro Troops in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865

A History of the Negro Troops in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865

George Washington Williams, John David Smith

George Washington Williams

A History of the Negro Troops in the War of the Rebellion, 1861–1865 (originally published in 1888) by pioneer African American historian George Washington Williams remains a classic text in African...

ISBN: 9780823233854

Exploring Lincoln

Exploring Lincoln

Harold Holzer, Craig L. Symonds, Frank J. Williams

Craig L. Symonds and Frank J. Williams

Edited by Harold Holzer

Ubiquitous and enigmatic, the historical Lincoln, the literary Lincoln, even the cinematic Lincoln have all proved both fascinating and irresistible. Though some 16,000 books have been written about...

ISBN: 9780823265633

So Conceived and So Dedicated

So Conceived and So Dedicated

Lorien Foote, Kanisorn Wongsrichanalai

Edited by Lorien Foote and Kanisorn Wongsrichanalai

This collection of scholarly essays blends intellectual with social and cultural history to provide fresh insights into life in the Civil War Era North. Contributors offer interpretations for those interested in the study of medicine, law, race, ethnicity and identity, art, nationalism, and education.

ISBN: 9780823264483

New Bedford's Civil War

New Bedford's Civil War

Earl F. Mulderink, III

Earl F. Mulderink, III

Examines the social, political, economic, and military history of New Bedford, Massachusetts, in the nineteenth century, with a focus on the Civil War homefront, 1861-1865, and on the city’s black community, soldiers, and veterans.

ISBN: 9780823261666

Union Combined Operations in the Civil War

Union Combined Operations in the Civil War

Craig L. Symonds

Edited by Craig L. Symonds

Despite a wealth of books on the campaigns of the American Civil War, the subject of combined or joint operations has been largely neglected. This revealing book offers ten case studies of combined...

ISBN: 9780823232871

Chancellorsville and the Germans

Chancellorsville and the Germans

Christian B. Keller

Christian B. Keller

Often called Lee’s greatest triumph, the battle of Chancellorsville decimated the Union Eleventh Corps, composed of large numbers of German-speaking volunteers. Poorly deployed, the unit was routed...

ISBN: 9780823226511

This Distracted and Anarchical People

This Distracted and Anarchical People

Andrew L. Slap, Michael Thomas Smith

Edited by Andrew L. Slap and Michael Thomas Smith

Eleven iconoclastic scholars take aim at many of the accepted interpretations of the Civil War North in this provocative new anthology

ISBN: 9780823245697

Gettysburg Religion

Gettysburg Religion

Steve Longenecker

Steve Longenecker

Brings to life the religious history of a small and famous town and the surrounding area, the Border North. The theme is that Gettysburg religion reveals much about larger American society, often something unexpected and indicative of the Border North’s advanced modernity.

ISBN: 9780823255191

Lincoln and Leadership

Lincoln and Leadership

Randall M. Miller, Allen C. Guelzo

Edited by Randall M. Miller

Afterword by Allen C. Guelzo

This book examines Lincoln’s leadership by assessing his decision-making process and patterns in shaping military strategy, political affairs, and religious interests during the Civil War. In doing so, it shows how Lincoln defined the presidency in wartime, played the role of party chief, and pointed the moral compass of the nation.

ISBN: 9780823243457

"First among Equals"

"First among Equals"

Hans L. Trefousse

Hans L. Trefousse

One hundred and forty years after his assassination on April 14, 1865, AbrahamLincoln towers more than ever above the landscape of American politics. Inmyth and memory, he is always the...

ISBN: 9780823224692

A Philadelphia Perspective

A Philadelphia Perspective

Sidney George Fisher, Jonathan White, Jonathan W. White

Sidney George Fisher

Edited by Jonathan White and Jonathan W. White

"Invaluable…many insights into the life and thought of the nineteenth century…. [Fisher's] comments are stimulating, often barbed….the narrative is smooth-flowing and fascinating."-American...

ISBN: 9780823227280

Union Soldiers and the Northern Home Front

Union Soldiers and the Northern Home Front

Paul A. Cimbala, Randall M. Miller

Paul A. Cimbala and Randall M. Miller

Union Soldiers and the Northern Home Front: Wartime Experiences, Postwar Adjustments explores the North's Civil War in ways that brings fresh perspectives to our knowledge of the way soldiers and...

ISBN: 9780823221462

Yours for the Union

Yours for the Union

John S. Collier, Bonnie B. Collier

John S. Collier and Bonnie B. Collier

Yours for the Union is a collection of letters that takes us inside the life and mind of a Civil War soldier. John Chase's reports of his service with the Army of the Potomac, reveal what...

ISBN: 9780823223046

Civil War America

Civil War America

James Marten

James Marten

The author of an acclaimed account of the lives of children in the Civil War, Marten here provides a more comprehensive introduction to the civilian history of the Civil War. Concise, vividly written...

ISBN: 9780823227945

Their Patriotic Duty

Their Patriotic Duty

Robert F. Engs, Corey M. Brooks

Edited by Robert F. Engs and Corey M. Brooks

Many of the farm families in the river country of southern Ohio sent fathers, husbands, and sons to fight and die in the Civil War. Few families have bequeathed a record of that experience as remarkable...

ISBN: 9780823227846