The American Civil War : a hands-on history /
Olsen, Christopher J.
New York : Hill and Wang,
2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-273) and index.
Political sectionalism before 1850 -- Abolitionists, fugitive slaves, and the northern view of the south -- The proslavery arguments and sectional conflict -- The 1850s : free soil and the creation of a Republican majority -- The election of 1860, secession, and the Confederate States of America -- Fort Sumter and the beginning of the war -- Organization, strategy, and the first battle of Bull Run -- War on land and at sea in 1862 -- Families at war in 1861-1862 -- Military strategy and the war of 1812 : runaway slaves, the battle of Antietam, and the Emancipation Proclamation -- Union families, the peace movement, and northern politics in 1863 -- The war in 1863 : Gettysburg, Vicksburg, and Chattanooga -- European diplomacy, the Union blockade, and Confederate families at war in 1863 -- The war and Union politics in 1864 : Sherman, Grant, and Lincoln -- Confederate families at war in 1864-1865 -- 1865 : Emancipation, surrender, and assassination -- From presidential to congressional reconstruction : 1865 and 1866 -- From congressional reconstruction to redemption : 1867-1877 -- African Americans and the transition to freedom.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)