| Description |
xxv, 814 pages : color maps. ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
The Library of America ; 212
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Library of America ; 212.
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| Note |
Maps on lining papers. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Charleston Mercury: What shall the South Carolina legislature do?, November 3, 1860 -- John G. Nicolay: Memoranda regarding Abraham Lincoln, November 5--6, 1860 -- New York Daily Tribune: Going to go, November 9, 1860 -- Jefferson Davis to Robert Barnwell Rhett Jr., November 10, 1860 -- Benjamin Hill: Speech at Milledgeville, November 15, 1860 -- New York Daily News: The right of states to secede, November 16, 1860 -- Sam Houston to H. M. Watkins and others, November 20, 1860 -- George Templeton Strong: Diaryy, November 20, November 26--December 1, 1860 -- Edward Bates: Diary, November 22, 1860 -- William G. Brownlow to R. H. Appleton, November 29, 1860 -- Frederick Douglass: The late election, December 1860 -- William T. Sherman to Thomas Ewing Sr. and to John Sherman, December 1, 1860 -- James Buchanan: from the annual message to Congress, December 3, 1860 -- J. D. B. DeBow: The non-slaveholders of the South, December 5, 1860 -- Joseph E. Brown to Alfred H. Colquitt and others, December 7, 1860 -- Abraham Lincoln to John A. Gilmer, December 15, 1860 -- New York Daily Tribune: The right to secession, December 17, 1860 -- Benjamin F. Wade Remarks in the U.S. Senate, December 17, 1860 -- John J. Crittenden: Remarks in the U.S. Senate, December 18, 1860 -- Henry Adams to Charles Francis Adams Jr., December 18--20, 1860 -- John G. Nicolay: Memorandum regarding Abraham Lincoln, December 22, 1860 -- South Carolina Declaration of the causes of secession, December 24, 1860 -- Abner Doubleday: from reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860--'61 -- Catherine Edmondston: Diary, December 26--27, 1860 -- Stephen F. Hale to Beriah Magoffin, December 27, 1860 -- Herman Melville: Misgivings -- Mary Jones to Charles C. Jones Jr., January 3, 1861 -- Henry Adams to Charles Francis Adams Jr., January 8, 1861 -- Mississippi Declaration of the causes of secession, January 9, 1861 -- Elizabeth Blair Lee to Samuel Phillips Lee, December 25, January 9--10, 1861 -- Catherine Edmondston: Diary, January 9--13, 1861 -- Jefferson Davis: Farewell address in the U.S. Senate, January 21, 1861 -- Robert E. Lee to George Washington Custis Lee, January 23, 1861 -- Jefferson Davis: Inaugural address, February 18, 1861 -- Frederick Douglass: The new President, March 1861 -- Abraham Lincoln: First inaugural address, March 4, 1861 -- Catherine Edmondston: Diary, March 4, 1861 -- Alexander H. Stephens: "Corner-Stone" speech, March 21, 1861 -- Edward Bates: Diary, March 9--April 8, 1861 -- Gideon Welles: Memoir of events, March 1861 -- William H. Seward: Memorandum for the President, April 1, 1861 -- Abraham Lincoln to William H. Seward, April 1, 1861 -- Mary Chesnut, Diary, April 7--15, 1861 -- Abner Doubleday: from reminiscences of Ports Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-- '61 -- George Templeton Strong: Diary, April 13--16, 1861 -- The New York Times: The people and the issue, April 15, 1861 -- Pittsburgh Post: The war begun--the duty of American citizens, April 15, 1861 -- William Howard Russell: from my Diary North and South, April 17, 1861 -- Charles C. Jones Sr. to Charles C. Jones Jr., April 20, 1861 -- John B. Jones: Diary, 15--22, 1861 -- John W. Hanson: from historical sketch of the old sixth regiment of Massachusetts volunteers -- Ulysses S. Grant to Frederick Dent, April 19, 1861, and to Jesse Root Grant, April 21, 1861 -- Jefferson Davis: Message to the Confederate Congress, April 29, 1861 -- Frederic Douglass: How to end the war, May 1861 -- Walt Whitman: First O songs for a prelude -- Winfield Scott to George B. McClellan, May 3, 1861 -- Charles B. Haydon: Diary, May 3--12, 1861 -- Ulysses S, Grant to Jess Root Grant, May 6, 1861 -- John Hay: Diary, May 7--10, 1861 -- Judith W, McGuire: Diary, May 10, 1861 -- William T. Sherman to John Sherman, May 11, 1861 -- Benjamin F. Butler to Winfield Scott, May 24, 1861 -- The New York Times: General butler and the contraband of war, June 2, 1861 -- Kate Stone: Journal, May 15--27, 1861 -- George Templeton Strong: Diary, May 29--June 2, 1861 -- John Brown's body, May 1861 -- Roger B. Taney: Opinion in ex parte merryman, June 1, 1861 -- Henry A. Wise: Speech at Richmond, June 1, 1861 -- Charles C. Jones Jr. to Charles C. Jones Sr. and Mary Jones, June 10, 1861 -- Henry Adams to Charles Francis Adams Jr. June 10--11, 1861 -- John Ross to Benjamin McCulloch, June 17, 1861 -- James Russed Lowell: The Pickens-and-Stealin's Rebellion, June 1861 -- Abraham Lincoln: Message to Congress in special session, July 4, 1861 -- Kate Stone: Journal, July 4, 1861 -- Ulysses S. Grant: from personal memoirs of U. S. Grant -- Sallie Brock: from Richmond during the war -- Sullivan Ballou to Sarah Ballou, July 14, 1861 -- Charles Minor Blackford: from my diary North and South -- Samuel J. English to his mother, July 24, 1861 -- Emma Holmes: Diary, July 22--23, 1861 -- Elizabeth Blair Lee to Samuel Philips Lee, July 23, 1861 -- Walt Whitman: from specimen days -- Abraham Lincoln: Memoranda on military policy, July 23, 1861 -- Mary Chesnut: Diary, July 24, 1861 -- Crittenden-Johnson resolutions, July 22--25, 1861 -- George B. McClellan to Mary Ellen McClellan, July 27, 1861 -- William T. Sherman to Ellen Ewing Sherman, July 28, 1861 -- Horace Greeley to Abraham Lincoln, July 29, 1861 -- George B. McClellan: Memorandum for the president, August 2, 1861 -- Confiscation Act, August 6, 1861 -- George B. McClellan to Mary Ellen McClellan, August 8, 9, and 16, 1861 -- W. E. Woodruff: from With the Light Guns in '61-- '65 -- John C. Frémont: Proclamation, August 30, 1861 -- Abraham Lincoln to John C. Frémont, Sepember 2, 1861 -- Frederick Douglass: Fighting rebels with only one hand, September 1861 -- Abraham Lincoln to Orville H. Browning, September 22, 1861 -- John Ross: Message to the National Council, October 9, 1861 -- Henry Livermore Abbott to Josiah Gardner Abbott, October 22, 1861 -- George B. McClellan to Mary Ellen McClellan, October 25, 26, 30, and 31, 1861 -- Charles Francis Adams Jr. to Henry Adams, November 5, 1861 -- George B. McClellan to Samuel L. M. Barlow, November 8, 1861 -- Ulysses S. Grant to Jess Root Grant, November 8, 1861 -- Lunsford P. Yandell Jr. to Lunsford Yandell Sr., November 10, 1861 -- Samuel Mitchell: Narrative of the capture of the Sea Islands, November 1861 -- Henry Tucker: God in the war, November 15, 1861 -- Jefferson Davis: Message to the Confederate Congress, November 18, 1861 -- Harper's Weekly: The Great Review -- Ulysses S. Grant to Jess Root Grant, November 27, 1861 -- Sallie Brock: from Richmond during the war -- Benjamin Moran, Journal, November--December 1861 -- Henry Adams to Charles Francis Adams Jr., November 30, 1861 -- Abraham Lincoln, annual message to Congress, December 10, 1861 -- Charles Francis Adams Jr. to Henry Adams, December 10, 1861 -- Let My People GO -- Robert E. Lee to George Washington Custis Lee, December 29, 1861 -- Edward Bates: Diary, December 31, 8161 -- Irwin McDowell: Memorandum, January 10--13, 1862 -- Montgomery C. Meigs, Memoir of meeting with president Lincoln, January 10--13, 1862 -- Edwin M. Stanton to Charles A. Dana, January 24, 1862. |
| Summary |
" ... Drawn from letters, diaries, speeches, articles, poems, songs, military reports, legal opinions, and memoirs, 'The Civil War: The First Year' brings together over 120 pieces by more than sixty participants to create a unique firsthand narrative of this great historical crisis ..."--Dust jacket flap. |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Poetry.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources.
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| Genre/Form |
Personal narratives.
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Personal narratives.
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Poetry.
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Poetry.
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| Added Author |
Simpson, Brooks D., editor.
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Sears, Stephen W., editor.
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Sheehan-Dean, Aaron Charles, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781598530889 |
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1598530887 |
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