Battle cry of freedom : the Civil War era

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Label

Battle cry of freedom : the Civil War era

Title remainder

the Civil War era

Statement of responsibility

James M. McPherson

Creator

• trueMcPherson, James M.
• McPherson, James M

Subject

• trueMilitary history
• trueUnited States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
• trueUnited States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns
• trueUnited States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes
• trueUnited States Civil War, 1861-1865
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns
• true1860s -- 1860 -- 1869
• trueCivil war
• trueHistory writing -- Wars and conflicts -- American Civil War

Genre

• trueHistory writing

Language

eng

Summary

Filled with fresh interpretations and information, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, this fast-paced narrative fully integrates the political, social, and military events that crowded the two decades from the outbreak of one war in Mexico to the ending of another at Appomattox. Packed with drama and analytical insight, the book vividly recounts the momentous episodes that preceded the Civil War: the Dred Scott decision: the Lincoln-Douglas debates, John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry. It then moves into a chronicle of the war itself, the battles, the strategic maneuvering on both sides, the politics, and the personalities. Particularly notable are new views on such matters as the slavery expansion issue in the 1850s, the origins of the Republican Party, the causes of secession, internal dissent and anti-war opposition in the North and the South, and the reasons for the Union's victory. The book's title refers to the sentiments that informed both the Northern and Southern views of the conflict: the South seceded in the name of that freedom of self-determination and self-government for which their fathers had fought in 1776, while the North stood fast in defense of the Union founded by those fathers as the bulwark of American liberty. Eventually, the North had to grapple with the underlying cause of the war--slavery--and adopt a policy of emancipation as a second war aim. This "new birth of freedom," as Lincoln called it, constitutes the proudest legacy of America's bloodiest conflict. This volume makes sense of that vast and confusing "second American Revolution" we call the Civil War, a war that transformed a nation and expanded our heritage of liberty

Member of

• Oxford history of the United States, v. 6

Writing style

• trueStylistically complex
• trueScholarly

Award

Pulitzer Prize for History, 1989.

Cataloging source

IGP

Dewey number

973.7/3

Illustrations

• illustrations
• plates

Index

no index present

LC call number

E470

LC item number

.M23 1989

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile

1320

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

The Oxford history of the United States

Series volume

v. 6

Target audience

adult