Battle cry of freedom : the Civil War era
1990, First Edition. London : Penguin in association with Oxford University Press. Near fine paperback copy; wrappers faintly edgeworn and dust-dulled. Remains well-preserved overall; internally strong and clean. Item #480264
Series; Penguin history. Physical description; xix, 904 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, music, plans, portraits ; 20 cm. Notes; Originally published by Oxford University Press in 1988. Contents; Prologue: From the halls of Montezuma – 1. The United States at midcentury – 2. Mexico will poison us – 3. An empire for slavery – 4. Slavery, rum, and romanism – 5. The crime against kansas – 6. Mudsills and greasy mechanics for A. Lincoln – 7. The revolution of 1860 – 8. The counterrevolution of 1861 – 9. Facing both ways: The upper south's dilemma – 10. Amateurs go to war – 11. Farewell to the ninety day's war – 12. Blockade and beachead: the salt-water war, 1861-1862 – 13. The river war in 1862 – 14. The sinews of war in 1862 – 15. Billy Yank's chickahominy blues – 16. We must free the slaves or be ourselves subdued – 17. Carry me back to old Virginny – 18. John Bull's Virginia reel – 19. Three rivers in winter, 1862-1863 – 20. Fire in the rear – 21. Long remember: The summer of '63 – 22. Johny Reb's Chattanooga blues – 23. When this cruel war is over – 24. If it takes all summer – 25. After four years of failure – 26. We are going to be wiped off the earth – 27. South Carolina must be destroyed – 28. We are all Americans – Epilogue: To the shoals of Victory. Subjects; United States. History. Civil War, 1861-1865. Campaigns.
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