Turning Points of the American Civil War

Turning Points of the American Civil War

by Daniel T. DavisRyan Longfellow Robert Orrison and others
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 18/12/2017

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Contributors to this collection, public historians with experience at Civil War battle sites, examine key shifts in the Civil War and the context surrounding them to show that many chains of events caused the course of the war to change: the Federal defeats at First Bull Run and Ball’s Bluff, the wounding of Joseph Johnston at Seven Pines and the Confederate victory at Chancellorsville, the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation, the Federal victory at Vicksburg, Grant’s decision to move on to Richmond rather than retreat from the Wilderness, the naming of John B. Hood as commander of the Army of Tennessee, and the 1864 presidential election. In their conclusion, the editors suggest that the assassination of Abraham Lincoln might have been the war’s final turning point.

ISBN:
9780809336227
9780809336227
Category:
General & world history
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
18-12-2017
Language:
English
Publisher:
Southern Illinois University Press
Stephen Davis

Stephen Davis is America's preeminent rock journalist and biographer, having written numerous bestsellers on rock bands. He also collaborated with legendary musicians Levon Helm and Mick Fleetwood on their autobiographies. He lives in Boston.

Chris Mackowski

Chris Mackowski, Ph.D., is the editor in chief of Emerging Civil War. He is a writing professor in the Jandoli School of Communication at St. Bonaventure University and the historian-in-residence at Stevenson Ridge, a historic property on the Spotsylvania battlefield. He has authored or co-authored more than a dozen books on the Civil War.

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