In the cause of liberty
Subtitle: how the Civil War redefined American ideals
By: edited by William J. Cooper, Jr., and John M. McCardell, Jr.
Contributors: Cooper, William J. 1940-; McCardell, John.; American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar.
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Baton Rouge
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 195
ISBN-13: 9780807134443
Subjects: National characteristics, American; Social values -- United States -- History; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Influence
Notes: "Published in conjunction with The American Civil War Center at HistoricTredegar."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / William J. Cooper, Jr., John M. McCardell, Jr.; title: The Civil War and the transformation of America / James M. McPherson; title: Slaveholding nation, slaveholding civilization / Christa Dierksheide and Peter S. Onuf; title: Why did southerners secede? / Sean Wilentz; title: "A party man who did not believe in any man who was not" Abraham Lincoln, the Republican party, and the Union / Richard Carwardine; title: Rebels and patriots in the Confederate "revolution" / George C. Rable; title: Wartime nationalism and race comparing the visions of Confederate, black Union, and white Union soldiers / Chandra Manning; title: Emancipation without slavery remembering the Union victory / Nina Silber; title: Redeeming a failed revolution Confederate memory / W. Fitzhugh Brundage; title: Traced by blood : African Americans and the legacies of the Civil War / David W. Blight; title: Concluding thoughts / John M. McCardell, Jr.