The Cambridge History of the American Civil War: Volume 1, Military Affairs

Description

This volume narrates the major battles and campaigns of the conflict, conveying the full military experience during the Civil War. The military encounters between Union and Confederate soldiers and between both armies and irregular combatants and true non-combatants structured the four years of war. These encounters were not solely defined by violence, but military encounters gave the war its central architecture. Chapters explore well-known battles, such as Antietam and Gettysburg, as well as military conflict in more abstract places, defined by political qualities (like the border or the West) or physical ones (such as rivers or seas). Chapters also explore the nature of civil-military relations as Union armies occupied parts of the South and garrison troops took up residence in southern cities and towns, showing that the Civil War was not solely a series of battles but a sustained process that drew people together in more ambiguous settings and outcomes. Contents Maps Contributors to Volume I Acknowledgments Note on the Text 1 . Introduction: The Cambridge History of the American Civil War Part I. Major Battles and Campaigns 2 . The Battles of Virginia, 1861 3 . The Battles of Tennessee, 1862 4 . The Battles of the Trans Mississippi, 1861 - 1863 5 . The Peninsula Campaign 6 . The Shenandoah Valley Campaigns of 1862 and 1864 7 . The Second Bull Run Campaign 8 . The Antietam Campaign 9 . The Western Theater, 1862 - 1863 10 . The Battle of Fredericksburg 11 . The Chancellorsville Campaign 12 . The Gettysburg Campaign 13 . The Vicksburg Campaign 14 . The Battles of Tennessee, 1863 15 . The Overland Campaign 16 . The Georgia Campaign 17 . The Carolinas Campaign 18 . The Tennessee Campaign, 1864 19 . The Petersburg and Appomattox Campaigns Part II. Places 20 . War on the Rivers 21 . War on the Waters 22 . The Blockade 23 . The Border War 24 . War in the Deep South 25 . War in Appalachia 26 . War in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas 27 . War in the West 28 . War in Indian Country Index