Themes of the American Civil War

Document Outline

• Book Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Maps
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction to the Second Edition
• Introduction to the First Edition
• PART I One and Inseparable
  • CHAPTER 1 The State of the Union, 1776–1860
• PART II And the War Came . . .
  • CHAPTER 2 Southern Secession in 1860–1861
  • CHAPTER 3 The First of the Modern Wars?
  • CHAPTER 4 The Experience of the Civil War Men at Arms
  • CHAPTER 5 Command and Leadership in the Civil War, 1861–1865
  • CHAPTER 6 Abraham Lincoln, the Presidency, and the Mobilization of Union Sentiment
  • CHAPTER 7 Jefferson Davis and the Confederacy
  • CHAPTER 8 Capitalism and the Civil War
• PART III Emancipation Race and Gender in the Civil War
  • CHAPTER 9 Fighting for Freedom African-American Soldiers in the Civil War
  • CHAPTER 10 The Fight for Black Suffrage in the War of the Rebellion
  • CHAPTER 11 What did we go to war for Confederate Emancipation and its Meaning
  • CHAPTER 12 Slavery and Emancipation The African-American Experience during the Civil War
  • CHAPTER 13 To bind up the Nation’s wounds Women and the American Civil War
• PART IV Legacy
  • CHAPTER 14 From Union to Nation The Civil War and the Development of American Nationalism
  • CHAPTER 15 Individual Rights and Constitutional Powers The Impact of the Civil War
• Timeline
• Guide to Further Reading
• Notes on Contributors
• Index