1st Edition
Leaders of the American Civil War A Biographical and Historiographical Dictionary
500 Pages
by
Routledge
465 Pages
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Routledge
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Provides an overview of the careers of the great military leaders and the critical political leaders of the American Civil War. Entries consider the leader's character and pre-war experience, their contributions to the war effort, and the war's impact on the rest of their lives. An assessment of their historical treatment puts their long-term reputations on the line, and results in a thorough revision of some leaders, a call for further study of others, and a reaffirmation of the accomplishments of the greatest leaders.
Chapter 1 Joseph Reid Anderson (February 6, 1813–September 7, 1892), Jon L. Wakelyn; Chapter 2 Clara Barton (December 25, 1821–April 13, 1912), Charles F. Ritter; Chapter 3 Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (May 28, 1818–February 20, 1893), Herman M. Hattaway, Michael J. C. Taylor; Chapter 4 Henry Ward Beecher (June 24, 1813–March 9, 1887), Jon L. Wakelyn; Chapter 5 Judah Philip Benjamin (August 6, 1811–May 6, 1884), Jon L. Wakelyn; Chapter 6 Thomas Stanley Bocock (May 18, 1815–August 5, 1891), Jon L. Wakelyn; Chapter 7 Braxton Bragg (March 21, 1817–September 27, 1876), Steven E. Woodworth; Chapter 8 Joseph Emerson Brown (April 15, 1821–November30, 1894), Jon L. Wakelyn; Chapter 9 Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (September 8, 1828–February 24, 1914), Kenneth Nivison; Chapter 10 Salmon Portland Chase (January 13, 1808–May 7, 1873), Frederick J. Blue; Chapter 11 Jay Cooke (August 10, 1821–February 16, 1905), Charles F. Ritter; Chapter 12 Charles Anderson Dana (August 8, 1819–October 17, 1897), Charles F. Ritter; Chapter 13 Jefferson Finis Davis (June 3, 1808–December 6, 1889), Jon L. Wakelyn; Chapter 14 Varina Howell Davis (May 7, 1826–October 16, 1906), Jon L. Wakelyn; Chapter 15 Dorothea Lynde Dix (April 4, 1802–July 17, 1887), Charles F. Ritter; Chapter 16 Frederick Douglass(February 14, 1818–February 20, 1895), Charles F. Ritter; Chapter 17 Josiah Gorgas (July 1, 1818–May 18, 1883), Jon L. Wakelyn; Chapter 18 Ulysses Simpson Grant(April 27, 1822–July 25, 1885), John T. Hubbell; Chapter 19 Henry Wager Halleck (January 16, 1815–January 9, 1872), Jon L. Wakelyn; Chapter 20 John Bell Hood (June 29, 1831–August 30, 1879), Jon L. Wakelyn; Chapter 21 Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (April 21, 1809–July 18, 1887), John Allen; Chapter 22 Thomas Jonathan Jackson (January 21, 1824–May 10, 1863), Jon L. Wakelyn; Chapter 23 Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808–August 1, 1875), Jon L. Wakelyn; Chapter 24 Joseph Eggleston Johnston (February 3, 1807–March 21, 1891), Frank Everson Vandiver; Chapter 25 Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807–October 12, 1870), Leonne M. Hudson; Chapter 26 Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809–April 15, 1865), James A. Rawley; Chapter 27 James Longstreet (January 8, 1821–January 2, 1904), Jon L. Wakelyn; Chapter 28 George Brinton Mcclellan (December 3, 1826–October 29, 1885), Thomas J. Rowland; Chapter 29 Stephen Russell Mallory (1811?–November 9, 1873), Jon L. Wakelyn; Chapter 30 George Gordon Meade (December 31, 1815–November 6, 1872), Jon L. Wakelyn; Chapter 31 Christopher Gustavus Memminger (January 9, 1803–March 7, 1888), Jon L. Wakelyn; Chapter 32 Oliver Perry Morton (August 4, 1823–November 1, 1877), Jon L. Wakelyn; Chapter 33 Benjamin Morgan Palmer (January 25, 1818–May 28, 1902), Jon L. Wakelyn; Chapter 34 Edward Alfred Pollard (February 27, 1831–December 12, 1872), Jon L. Wakelyn; Chapter 35 David Dixon Porter (June 18, 1813–February 13, 1891), Charles F. Ritter; Chapter 36 James Alexander Seddon (July 13, 1815–August 19, 1880), Jon L. Wakelyn; Chapter 37 Raphael Semmes (September 27, 1809–August 31, 1877), Jon L. Wakelyn; Chapter 38 William Henry Seward (May 16, 1801–October 10, 1872), Marianne Fischer, Charles F. Ritter; Chapter 39 Philip Henry Sheridan (March 6, 1831–August 5, 1888), Jon L. Wakelyn; Chapter 40 William Tecumseh Sherman (February 8, 1820–February 14, 1891), John F. Marszalek; Chapter 41 Edwin Mcmaster Stanton (December 19, 1814–December 24, 1869), Jon L. Wakelyn; Chapter 42 Alexander Hamilton Stephens(February 11, 1812–March 4, 1883), Jon L. Wakelyn; Chapter 43 Thaddeus Stevens (April 4, 1792–August 11, 1868), Charles F. Ritter; Chapter 44 Charles Sumner (January 6, 1811–March 11, 1874), Michael Connolly; Chapter 45 George Henry Thomas (March 31, 1816–March 28, 1870), Charles F. Ritter; Chapter 46 Walt(er) Whitman (May 31, 1819–March 26, 1891), Jon L. Wakelyn; Chapter 47 Louis Trezevant Wigfall (April 21, 1816–February 18, 1874), Clayton E. Jewett;
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Charles F. Ritter, Jon L. Wakelyn,