Civil War Witnesses and Their Books : New Perspectives on Iconic Works /

"Civil War Witnesses and Their Books" offers an analysis of books written by individuals who experienced the American Civil War. It follows a similar volume-Civil War Writing: New Perspectives on Iconic Texts (LSU Press, 2019)-which also examined some of the most important writings about t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Cushman, Stephen, 1956- (Editor ), Gallagher, Gary W. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2021]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Historiography.
United States.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Historiographie.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Recits personnels.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Sources.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Historiography.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Sources.
Recits personnels.
Personal narratives.
Sources.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Gary W. Gallagher and Stephen B. Cushman
  • From Manassas to Appomattox: James Longstreet's memoir and the limits of Confederate reconciliation / Elizabeth R. Varon
  • A modern sensibility in older garb: Henry Wilson's Rise and Fall of the Slave Power and the beginnings of Civil War history / William A. Blair
  • "The brisk and brilliant matron of Chimborazo Hospital": Phoebe Yates Pember's nurse narrative / Sarah E. Gardner
  • George McClellan's many turnings / Stephen B. Cushman
  • Maria Lydig Daly: Diary of a Union Lady 1961-1865 / J. Matthew Gallman
  • John D. Billings's Hardtack and Coffee: a Union fighting man's Civil War / M. Keith Harris
  • One widow's wars: the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the West in Elizabeth Bacon Custer's memoirs / Cecily N. Zander
  • Proximity and numbers: Walter H. Taylor shapes Confederate history and memory / Gary W. Gallagher.

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