1861
Subtitle: the Civil War awakening
By: Adam Goodheart
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 481
ISBN-13: 9781400040155
Copyright date: 2011
Subjects: Politics and government; Intellectual life; Causes; History
Other titles: Civil War awakening
Notes: "This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [445]-456) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue : a banner at daybreak : Charleston Harbor, December 1860; title: Wide awake : Boston, October 1860; title: The old gentlemen : Washington, January 1861; title: Forces of nature : central Ohio, February 1861; title: A shot in the dark : Charleston Harbor, April 1861; title: The volunteer : lower Manhattan, April 1861; title: Gateways to the west : Carson Valley, Nevada Territory, May 1861; title: The crossing : Washington, May 1861; title: Freedom's fortress : Hampton Roads, Virginia, May 1861; title: Independence Day : Washington, D.C., July 1861.