American Civil War For Dummies

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Main Author: Dickson, Keith D. (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2022.
Edition:Second edition.
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United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
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505 0 0 |a Machine generated contents note:   |g pt. 1   |t WAR AND ITS CAUSES --   |g ch. 1   |t How Did the War Happen? --   |t Big Picture: War and Politics --   |t What's a civil war? --   |t setting: 1850-1860 --   |t North and South: Two Different Worlds --   |t Opposing Sides --   |t Playing a Part in the Controversy: The Constitution --   |t Struggling for Power --   |t Amassing states: The political stakes involved --   |t Entering the Union: The politics of compromise, 1850 --   |t California: The Compromise of 1850 --   |t Fugitive Slave Law --   |t D.C. is free --   |t What did the compromise do? --   |g ch. 2   |t Five Steps to War: 1850-1860 --   |t Setting the Stage: Five Events Leading to War --   |t Struggling for Kansas --   |t Kansas-Nebraska Act --   |t violence begins --   |t Rising from the Collapse: The Republican Party --   |t Disappearing Whigs and Southern Democrats --   |t Free Soilers --   |t Know-Nothings --   |t Republican Party arrives --   |t Republicans and the 1856 Presidential Election --   |t Democrats: Choosing a safe candidate --   |t Millard Fillmore for president --   |t Politics becomes sectional --   |t Southern reaction to the Republican Party --   |t Dred Scott Decision --   |t reaction to the decision --   |t results of the Dred Scott decision --   |t John Brown's Raid --   |t Harpers Ferry --   |t Sending in the Marines --   |t results of John Brown's raid --   |t John Brown's end --   |t Fighting South, the Angry North --   |t Election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 --   |t new party emerges --   |t Democrats divide --   |t Lincoln wins by electoral vote --   |t South's view of the election --   |g ch. 3   |t Secession and War: 1860-1861 --   |t First Secession: South Carolina and the Lower South --   |t Building a New Nation: The Confederacy --   |t growing crisis in Charleston: Fort Sumter --   |t Walking the tightrope: President Buchanan --   |t Confederates at Charleston: Waiting for a sign and heavily armed --   |t Sitting quietly: The outgoing president beats the clock --   |t Taking Office: Lincoln's First Inaugural Address --   |t Sumter crisis renewed --   |t decisions that led to war --   |t Firing the First Shot --   |t Calling for the 75,000 and another secession: The upper South --   |t hardest choice: Robert E. Lee takes his stand --   |t So, Who Started the War? --   |g pt. 2   |t MAKING WAR --   |g ch. 4   |t Civil War Armies: Structure and Organization --   |t Understanding the Basics of War --   |t offensive and the defensive --   |t Strategy and tactics --   |t Creating a Strategy: Three Basic Questions --   |t Uncovering the Principles of War --   |t Developing Campaigns: The Art of War --   |t Interior and exterior lines --   |t Lines of communication and supply --   |t Supply is critical in war --   |t Information: Orders and critical intelligence --   |t Indirect Approach --   |t Taking the initiative: Who is on top? --   |t Putting It All Together: Strategy to Campaigns to Battles --   |t Fighting battles --   |t Win the battles -- lose the war --   |t commander's choices --   |t Terrain and the defensive --   |t Ending a battle --   |t Looking at the Civil War Army Organization --   |t Eyes and ears: The cavalry --   |t Providing firepower: The artillery --   |t Fleet of foot: The infantry --   |t Other important branches --   |t Building a Basic Civil War Army Structure: The Regiment --   |t Strength and size of units --   |t Roles of different units in an army --   |t Cavalry regiments --   |t Comparing the Science versus the Art of War --   |g ch. 5   |t Union and Confederate Strategy --   |t Comparing Northern and Southern Resources --   |t Industrial power --   |t Agricultural advantages: Food and crops % --   |t Soldiers and laborers: Population --   |t Financial wealth --   |t Analyzing the statistics for both sides --   |t Wartime Strategy: Union and Confederate --   |t Union's strategy --   |t Confederacy's strategy --   |t Geography and Strategy: Theaters of War --   |t Eastern Theater --   |t Western Theater --   |t Trans-Mississippi Theater --   |t Civil War Strategy in Retrospect --   |g ch. 6   |t Organizing and Training the Armies --   |t Making Civilians into Soldiers --   |t Fighting in the frontier: The regulars --   |t Responding to the call: The militia --   |t Joining to fight: Volunteers -- then Conscripts --   |t Qualifications of Union and Confederate Officers --   |t Military bloopers: The political generals --   |t Rookies learning a new trade: the blind leading the blind --   |g ch. 7   |t Significant Weapons of the Civil War --   |t Weapons You Need to Fight --   |t Struggling with the smoothbore --   |t Rifled muskets for the infantry --   |t Spinning faster: The Minie ball --   |t Rifled Musket and Tactics --   |t Really Big Guns: Civil War Artillery --   |t Artillery ammunition --   |t Using artillery --   |t Cavalry Weapons --   |t carbine --   |t revolver --   |g pt. 3   |t OPENING MOVES, 1861-1862 --   |g ch. 8   |t Starting the War: Bull Run (First Manassas), July 1861 --   |t First Rumblings: "On to Richmond!" --   |t Taking command of Union forces: McDowell --   |t Waiting: Beauregard and the Confederates --   |t Marching into Battle (Sort Of) --   |t Organizing the Armies: Disposition of Forces on the Battlefield --   |t Opening Moves: Key Decisions and Events --   |t Advancing to Victory: The Outcome --   |t Analyzing the Battle --   |t Immediate and long-term results --   |t Naming schemes of the Union and Confederacy --   |t Heroes and Goats --   |t Heroes --   |t Goats --   |g ch. 9   |t Trouble West of the Mississippi and the Road to Shiloh, August 1861-April 1862 --   |t Focusing on the Early Battlegrounds of Missouri and Arkansas --   |t Union offensive into Arkansas --   |t new commander arrives --   |t Battle of Pea Ridge --   |t Dictating a Strategy in the Western Theater --   |t Struggling with Rank: Union Command --   |t Importance of Kentucky --   |t Attacking the Forts: Grant Teams with the Navy --   |t Military misfits at Fort Donelson --   |t Grant's terms: "Unconditional surrender" --   |t Shiloh Campaign --   |t Taking the initiative: Johnston's plan --   |t plan's weaknesses and advantages --   |t Fighting Begins: The Battle of Shiloh --   |t Key decisions and events --   |t Johnston's last battle --   |t Critical action at the Hornefs Nest --   |t second day of Shiloh --   |t Aftermath of the Battle --   |t Immediate effects --   |t Long-term effects: The war becomes real --   |t Heroes and Goats --   |t Heroes --   |t Goats --   |g ch. 10   |t Union Navy Victories and Union Army Defeats, March-July 1862 --   |t Bringing in a New Commander: George B. McClellan --   |t Taking a Gamble: The Blockade --   |t Patrolling the Coast: Union Naval Victories --   |t Discovering the Political Price of Failure and Inaction --   |t Peninsula: A New Campaign --   |t Writing a New Chapter in Naval Warfare: The Ironclad --   |t Washington panics! --   |t Virginia goes hunting --   |t Monitor versus the Virginia --   |t Getting Fooled at Yorktown --   |t other Johnston --   |t Johnston advances --   |t Battle of Wills: The Presidents versus the Generals --   |t McClellan Makes a Mistake before Richmond --   |g ch. 11   |t Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign, March-June 1862 --   |t Creating a Hero: Stonewall Jackson --   |t Stonewall's Valley: The Shenandoah --   |t Valley's strategic importance --   |t Looking for Jackson: Banks enters the Valley --   |t Jackson disappears and reappears --   |t Using the defeat: Lee's strategic vision --   |t Jackson disappears and reappears -- again --   |t Jackson strikes again --   |t Lincoln sets a trap for Jackson --   |t campaign ends --   |t Valley Campaign: An Appreciation --   |g ch. 12   |t Seven Days of Robert E. Lee, June-July 1862 --   |t Confederacy in Crisis: Seven Pines --   |t Results of the Battle: McClellan Falters --   |t Taking Command: The "King of Spades" --   |t Jeb Stuart's ride around McClellan --   |t Seven Days begin: Lee at Mechanicsville (Beaver Dam Creek) --   |t McClellan calls it quits --   |t end of the Seven Days: Lee's final push at Malvern Hill --   |t Significance of the Campaign --   |t Lee takes the offensive to win --   |t Seven Days: The bottom line --   |t Heroes and Goats --   |t Heroes --   |t Goats --   |g ch. 13   |t Second Bull Run (Manassas), August 1862 --   |t Reshuffling the Union Command Structure --   |t Giving Lee an Opportunity: "Old Brains" Miscalculates --   |t Jackson appears, disappears, and reappears --   |t Looking for Jackson: Pope advances --   |t Aftermath of the Battle --   |t Heroes and Goats --   |t Heroes --   |t Goats --   |g ch. 14   |t Bloodiest Day: Antietam (Sharpsburg), September 1862 --   |t Winning the War Now: The Confederate Strategic Situation --   |t Waiting for a Victory: The Union Strategic Situation --   |t Antietam Campaign --   |t Jackson's Coup at Harpers Ferry --   |t Starting the Battle: McClellan Creeps In --   |t sunken road --   |t Burnside's bridge --   |t Aftermath of the Battle --   |t Assessing the Battle and Its Significance --   |t Emancipation Proclamation --   |t Lincoln's proclamation: The fine print --   |t Southern reaction --   |t Heroes and Goats --   |t Heroes --   |t Goats --   |g ch. 15   |t Lost Opportunities for the Confederacy in the West: September-October 1862 --   |t Western Theater: A Lesson in Geography --   |t Confederate Cavalry Dominates Tennessee --   |t Bragg Takes Command --   |t Bragg's invasion plan --   |t Bragg in Kentucky --   |t Lincoln loses patience --   |t Starting the Fight: The Battle of Perryville --   |t Enduring Another Confederate Disaster: luka and Corinth --   |t Assessing the Aftermath of the Campaign: Results and Recriminations --   |t Significance of the Battles --   |t Heroes and Goats --   |t Heroes --   |t Goats --   |g ch. 16   |t War So Terrible: Fredericksburg and Murfreesboro, December 1862 --   |t Making a New Start in the East --   |t Hurry Up and Wait at the Rappahannock --   |t My kingdom for a pontoon --   |t Lee awaits --   |t Battle of Fredericksburg --   |t Aftermath of the Battle --   |t Both the Union and Confederacy fail in Mississippi --   |t Rosecrans takes charge in Tennessee --   |t Battle of Murfreesboro --   |t Results of the Battle --   |t Securing Tennessee: Union gains --   |t Confederate losses --   |t Heroes and Goats --   |t Heroes --   |t Goats --   |g pt. 4   |t WAR TO TH E HILT, 1863-1865 --   |g ch. 17   |t Battle of Chancellorsville, May 1863 --   |t Beginning a New Campaign in the Eastern Theater --   |t Another new commander for the Union army --   |t Hooker's plans --   |t Lee's situation --   |t Fightingjoe Hooker won't fight --   |t Jackson disappears and reappears --   |t Hooker fails to act --   |t Heroes and Goats --   |t Heroes --   |t Goats -- 
505 0 0 |a Contents note continued:   |g ch. 18   |t Battles of Gettysburg and Vicksburg, July 1863 --   |t Gettysburg Campaign --   |t Moving the armies --   |t Hooker waits (again) and is finished --   |t Battle of Gettysburg: Day One --   |t Gettysburg favors the defender --   |t Ewell says no --   |t Battle of Gettysburg: Day Two --   |t Longstreet opens the battle --   |t Longstreet attacks --   |t Battle of Gettysburg: Day Three --   |t Meade calls a meeting --   |t Confederate attacks --   |t Final Moves --   |t Battle's Significance --   |t Heroes and Goats --   |t Heroes --   |t Goats --   |t 1863: The Western Theater --   |t Vicksburg Campaign --   |t advantages of geography --   |t Grant's gamble --   |t Grant closes the vise --   |t Siege and Fall of Vicksburg --   |t Success at Port Hudson --   |t Grant's Accomplishment --   |t Heroes --   |t Goats --   |g ch. 19   |t Battles of Chickamauga and Chattanooga, August-November 1863 --   |t Rosecrans: Approaching and Taking Chattanooga --   |t Chickamauga Campaign --   |t Battle of Chickamauga: Day One --   |t Battle of Chickamauga: Day Two --   |t Battle Ends --   |t Chickamauga: The Results --   |t Union: Mixed results --   |t Confederacy: Frustration --   |t Heroes and Goats --   |t Heroes --   |t Goats --   |t Turned Tables at Chattanooga --   |t Now Rosecrans is out --   |t Handling the problem: Davis arrives --   |t Grant takes charge --   |t soldiers take charge and win --   |t Battle's Aftermath --   |t Heroes and Goats --   |t Heroes --   |t Goats --   |g ch. 20   |t Lee and Grant: Operations in Virginia, May-October 1864 --   |t Generals Get Their Orders from Grant --   |t Day One in the Wilderness: "Bushwhacking on a Grand Scale" --   |t Day Two in the Wilderness: Grant Doesn't Quit --   |t Lee attempts a decisive counterstrike --   |t battle for the Mule Shoe --   |t Bad news for Grant --   |t Bad news for Lee: Stuart's death t --   |t Lee Loses the Initiative at North Anna --   |t Grant's Disaster at Cold Harbor --   |t Jug-Handle Movement to Petersburg --   |t strategic importance of Petersburg --   |t Grants plan --   |t General Beauregard's greatest moment at Petersburg --   |t Second Valley Campaign --   |t Old Jube in the Valley --   |t Early distracts everyone --   |t Early meets Sheridan --   |t Reversal at Cedar Creek --   |t Siege at Petersburg: July-October 1864 --   |t Breaking the stalemate --   |t Burnside blunders --   |t Battle of the Crater --   |t siege continues --   |g ch. 21   |t Atlanta Campaign and a Guarantee of Union Victory, May-December 1864 --   |t Taking Command: Johnston and the Army of Tennessee --   |t Preparing to Move: Sherman in the Western Theater --   |t Campaign for Atlanta Begins --   |t Sherman sidestep --   |t Johnston backtrack --   |t Battle for Atlanta --   |t Sherman's supply line --   |t Hoodwinking Hood --   |t Looking at the Navy's Contributions in 1864 --   |t Checking on Presidential Politics of 1864 --   |t Democrats nominate McClellan --   |t Atlanta and the soldier vote --   |t election results --   |t Sherman's March to the Sea --   |t Beginning the march: Soldiers take all --   |t Christmas present --   |t Assessing Sherman's Impact --   |g ch. 22   |t Destruction of Hood's Army in Tennessee, October 1864-January 1865 --   |t Hood Moves North --   |t Running quietly: Schofield on the lam --   |t Calculating the magnitude of Hood's disaster --   |t Triumphing at Nashville: Thomas's Brilliant Plan --   |t Battle of Nashville --   |t Aftermath --   |t Heroes and Goats --   |t Heroes --   |t Goats --   |g ch. 23   |t Matter of Time: Petersburg to Appomattox, January-April 1865 --   |t Strategic Situation in 1865 --   |t Sherman on the move in South Carolina --   |t Confederate strategy --   |t Johnston takes a stand --   |t results in Carolina --   |t Lee's Fateful Dilemma: Petersburg --   |t Breaking out: Lee makes his move --   |t Crossroads: Five Forks --   |t Falling in flames: Richmond --   |t Last Retreat --   |t Grant proposes surrender --   |t meeting at Appomattox --   |t Symbolic Formalities: The Last Act --   |t Closing Events: The War Ends, a President Dies --   |t politicians react --   |t Confederate President Jefferson Davis is captured --   |t last surrenders --   |t Victory and Uncertainty: The Reunited States --   |t last parade --   |t "Strike the tent" --   |t final thought --   |t Winners and Losers: The Debate Lives On --   |t Why the Union won --   |t Why the Confederacy lost --   |g pt. 5   |t BEHIND THE LINES --   |g ch. 24   |t Confederacy: Creating a Nation at War --   |t Examining Jefferson Davis as President and War Leader --   |t Creating the New Confederate Government --   |t Handling political troubles: No political parties --   |t Unionist sentiment in the Confederacy --   |t States' rights and the governors --   |t Financing the War --   |t Confederate creative finance I: Bonds and taxes --   |t Confederate creative finance II: Paper money --   |t bottom line --   |t Supplying Manpower for the War --   |t Supplying Material for the War --   |t Josiah Gorgas and his miracle --   |t Getting food to the soldiers --   |t Detailing the Confederate Naval War --   |t Struggling to build a navy --   |t Blockade running --   |t Struggling with Diplomacy: European Recognition --   |t blockade --   |t decisive year for recognition: 1862 --   |t Diplomatic highlights with Britain, France, and Russia --   |t Assessing Confederate diplomacy --   |t Creating a Nation: Confederate Nationalism --   |g ch. 25   |t Union at War: Creating a New Republican Future for America --   |t Looking at Abraham Lincoln as President and War Leader --   |t Financing the War --   |t Borrowing money: Loans and bonds --   |t Taking money: Taxation --   |t Making money: Greenbacks --   |t Running the War: Congress and the President --   |t Non-Wartime legislation --   |t Opposing and disloyal: The peace democrats --   |t Fighting the War --   |t Drafting soldiers --   |t Resisting the draft --   |t Building a navy --   |t Building an Economy: Northern Industrial Production --   |g ch. 26   |t Wartime in America: Its Effect on the People --   |t Meeting the Common Soldier: Everyman --   |t Eating what the army gave you --   |t Living the life of a soldier --   |t Wearing the blue or the gray --   |t Fighting illness in the ranks --   |t Caring for the wounded --   |t Taking in prisoners of war --   |t Changing Women's Roles in the Civil War --   |t essential workforce --   |t cost of war: Refugees and starvation --   |t Spying for the North and South --   |t Taking Note of the African American Contribution --   |t Union: The U.S. Colored Troops --   |t African Americans in the Confederacy --   |t Discovering the American Indians --   |g pt. 6   |t CIVIL WAR TOURIST --   |g ch. 27   |t Getting Ready to Travel --   |t Planning Your Trip --   |t Using Your Time Wisely --   |t Taking Three Methods on a Battlefield --   |t Mounted --   |t Mounted/dismounted --   |t Terrain walk --   |g ch. 28   |t Visiting a Civil War Battlefield --   |t Fine-Tuning Your Trip --   |t Getting an enthusiast --   |t Checking the Internet --   |t Bringing the right stuff --   |t Getting Oriented: The Visitor Center --   |t Asking the right questions --   |t Finding the best monuments and markers --   |t Appreciating the Terrain --   |t Studying, Stories, and Reflection --   |g pt. 7   |t PART OF TENS --   |g ch. 29   |t Ten Worst Generals of the Civil War --   |t Braxton Bragg (1817-1876) --   |t Nathaniel P. Banks (1816-1894) --   |t Ambrose E. Burnside (1824-1881) --   |t John B. Hood (1831-1879) --   |t John B. Floyd (1806-1863) --   |t Benjamin F. Butler (1818-1893) --   |t Leonidas (Bishop) Polk (1806-1864) --   |t Joseph Hooker (1814-1879) --   |t John Pope (1822-1892) --   |t P.G.T. Beauregard (1818-1893) --   |t George B. McClellan (1826-1885): Honorable Mention --   |g ch. 30   |t Ten Biggest "Firsts" of the Qivil War --   |t Growing Dominance of the Defense --   |t Minesweeping: Naval Mines --   |t Starting Undersea Warfare: The Submarine --   |t Changing Tactics and Moving Quickly: The Railroad --   |t Battling without Bullets: Psychological Warfare --   |t Using Air-to-Ground Communication --   |t Dominating the Seas: The Ironclad Warship --   |t Talking over Wires: The Telegraph --   |t Increasing Firepower: The Repeating Rifle --   |t Born in the Civil War: The Machine Gun --   |g ch. 31   |t Ten Biggest "What Ifs" of the Civil War --   |t What If the Confederates Had Pursued After Manassas (Bull Run)? --   |t What If Grant Had Been Killed at Shiloh? --   |t What If Fort Sumter Had Not Been Fired On? --   |t What If McClellan Had Not Found Lee's Lost Orders? --   |t What If McClellan Had Won Decisively at Antietam? --   |t What If Johnston Had Not Been Wounded at Seven Pines? --   |t What If Davis Had Adopted a Different Strategy in the West? --   |t What If Lee Had Won at Gettysburg? --   |t What If Davis Had Relieved Bragg Earlier in the War? --   |t What If Jackson Had Not Been Lost to Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia? --   |g ch. 32   |t Ten+ Best Battlefields of the Civil War and How to Visit Them --   |t Best Battlefields by the Mounted Method --   |t Best Battlefields by the Mounted/Dismounted Method --   |t Best Battlefields by the Terrain Walk Method. 
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