The Civil War : The first year told by those who lived it / Edited by Brooks D. Simpson, Stephen W. Sears, Aaron Sheehan-Dean.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781598530889 (alk. paper)
- ISBN: 1598530887 (alk. paper)
- Physical Description: xxv, 814 pages ; 21 cm
- Publisher: New York, N.Y. : The Library of America, [2011]
Content descriptions
General Note: | Includes index. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 729-792) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Calling a Secession Convention, November 1860. What Shall the South Carolina Legislature Do? November 3, 1860 / Charleston Mercury -- "Alarms from the South" : Illinois, November 1860. Memoranda Regarding Abraham Lincoln, November 5-6, 1860 / John G. Nicolay -- The Threat of Secession, November 1860. Going to Go, November 9, 1860 / New-York Daily Tribune -- The Need for Southern Cooperation, November 1860 / Jefferson Davis to Robert Barnwell Rhett Jr., November 10, 1860 -- Debating Secession, Georgia, November 1860. Speech at Milledgeville, November 15, 1860 / Benjamin Hill -- "States cannot exist disunited," November 1860. The Right of States to Secede, November 16, 1860 / New York Daily News -- "I am for the Union as it is," Texas, November 1860 / Sam Houston to H.M. Watkins and Others, November 20, 1860 -- "Our sore national sickness : New York, November 1860. Diary, November 20, November 26-December 1, 1860 / George Templeton Strong -- "This dangerous game" : Missouri, November 1860. Diary, November 22, 1860 / Edward Bates -- The "Wicked Spirit" of Secession : Tennessee, November 1860 / William G. Brownlow to R.H. Appleton, November 29, 1860 -- Lincoln, and Slavery : December 1860. The Late Election, December 1860 / Frederick Douglass -- Secessionism in Louisiana, December 1860. William T. Sherman to Thomas Ewing Sr. and to John Sherman, December 1, 1860 -- Washington, D.C., December 1860. From the Annual Message to Congress, December 3, 1860 / James Buchanan -- The Benefits of Slavery : December 1860. The Non-Slaveholders of the South, December 5, 1860 / J.D.B. DeBow -- Advocating Secession : Georgia, December 1860 / Joseph E. Brown to Alfred H. Colquitt and Others, December 7, 1860 -- Restating Positions on Slavery : December 1860 / Abraham Lincoln to John A. Gilmer, December 15, 1860 -- Rejecting Coercion : December 1860. The Right of Secession, December 17, 1860 / New-York Daily Tribune -- "I stand by the Union" : December 1860. Remarks in the U.S. Senate, December 17, 1860 / Benjamin F. Wade -- A Compromise over Slavery, December 1860. Remarks in the U.S. Senate, December 18, 1860 / John J. Crittenden -- "Meanness and rascality" : Washington, D.C., December 1860 / Henry Adams to Charles Francis Adams Jr., December 18-20, 1860 -- A Confidential Message : Illinois, December 1860. Memorandum Regarding Abraham Lincoln, December 22, 1860 / John G. Nicolay -- Charleston, December 1860. South Carolina Declaration of the Causes of Secession, December 24, 1860 -- Occupying Fort Sumter : South Carolina, December 1860. From Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 / Abner Doubleday -- "A terrible revulsion of feeling" : South Carolina, December 1860. Diary, December 26-27, 1860 / Catherine Edmondston -- Urging Kentucky to Secede: December 1860 / Stephen F. Hale to Beriah Magoffin, December 27, 1860 -- "The tempest bursting" : 1860. Misgivings / Herman Melville -- "Sad foreboding": Georgia, January 1861 / Mary Jones to Charles C. Jones Jr., January 3, 1861 -- "All depends on Virginia" : Washington, D.C., January 1861 / Henry Adams to Charles Francis Adams Jr., January 8, 1861 -- Jackson, January 1861. Mississippi Declaration of the Causes of Secession, January 9, 1861 -- "A warlike aspect." Washington, D.C., January 1861 / Elizabeth Blair Lee to Samuel Phillips Lee -- The "Star of the West" : South Carolina, January 1861. Diary, January 9-13, 1861 / Catherine Edmondston -- Washington, D.C., January 1861. Farewell Address in the U.S. Senate, January 21, 1861 / Jefferson Davis -- The Evils of Anarchy and Civil War: January 1861 / Robert E. Lee to George Washington Custis Lee, January 23, 1861 -- Montgomery, Alabama, February 1861. Inaugural Address, February 18, 1861 / Jefferson Davis -- Hopes for Lincoln's Administration: March 1861. The New President, March 1861 / Frederick Douglass -- Washington, D.C., March 1861. First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1861 / Abraham Lincoln -- "That wretch Abraham Lincoln" : North Carolina, March 1861. Diary, March 4, 1861 / Catherine Edmondston -- Vindicating Slavery: Georgia, March 1861. "Corner-Stone" Speech, March 21, 1861 / Alexander H. Stephens -- Relieving Fort Sumter: Washington, D.C., March-April 1861. Diary, March 9-April 8, 1861 / Edward Bates -- Seward and Fort Sumter: Washington, D.C. March 1861. Memoir of Events, March 1861 / Gideon Welles -- Challenging Lincoln: Washington, D.C., April 1861. Memorandum for the President, April 1, 1861 / William H. Seward -- "I must do it": Washington, D.C., April 1861 / Abraham Lincoln to William H. Seward, April 1, 1861 -- The War Begins: South Carolina, April 1861. Diary, April 7-15, 1861 / Mary Chesnut -- Bombardment and Surrender: South Carolina, April 1861. From Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 / Abner Doubleday -- New Yorkers Respond : April 1861. Diary, April 13-16, 1861 / George Templeton Strong -- Vindicating National Honor: April 1861. The People and the Issue, April 15, 1861 / The New York Times -- Fighting "the mad rebellion": April 1861. The War Begun-The Duty of American Citizens, April 15, 1861 / Pittsburgh Post -- Celebration in Charleston: South Carolina, April 1861. From My Diary North and South, April 17, 1861 / William Howard Russell -- "Infidel" Enemies : Georgia, April 1861 / Charles C. Jones Sr. to Charles C. Jones Jr., April 20, 1861 -- Secessionism in Richmond: Virginia, April 1861. Diary, April 15-22, 1861 / John B. Jones -- The Baltimore Riot: April 1861. From Historical Sketch of the Old Sixth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers / John W. Hanson -- "I have but one sentiment now": Illinois, April 1861 / Ulysses S. Grant to Frederick Dent, April 19, 1861, and to Jesse Root Grant, April 21, 1861 -- Montgomery, Alabama, April 1861. Message to the Confederate Congress, April 29, 1861 / Jefferson Davis -- "Strike down slavery itself": May 1861. How to End the War, May 1861 / Frederick Douglass -- New York, Spring 1861. First O Songs for a Prelude / Walt Whitman -- A Strategic Plan : May 1861 / Winfield Scott to George B. McClellan, May 3, 1861 -- Life in Army Camp : Michigan, May 1861. Diary, May 3-12, 1861 / Charles B. Haydon -- Predicting a Short War: May 1861 / Ulysses S. Grant to Jesse Root Grant, May 6, 1861 -- Life in the Executive Mansion : Washington, D.C., May 1861 / John Hay : Diary, May 7-10, 1861 -- Fearing Attack in Alexandria : Virginia, May 1861. Diary, May 10, 1861 / Judith W. McGuire -- Rioting in St. Louis : Missouri, May 1861 / William T. Sherman to John Sherman, May 11, 1861 -- Slaves Seeking Freedom: Virginia, May 1861 / Benjamin F. Butler to Winfield Scott, May 24, 1861 -- Defining Runaway Slaves : Virginia, May 1861. General Butler and the Contraband of War, June 2, 1861 / The New York Times -- "Our Cause is just" : Louisiana, May 1861. Journal, May 15-27, 1861 / Kate Stone -- A Visit to Washington : May-June 1861. Diary, May 29-June 2, 1861 / George Templeton Strong -- Massachusetts, May 1861 : John Brown's Body, May 1861 -- The Writ of Habeas Corpus : Maryland, May 1861. Opinion in Ex parte Merryman, June 1, 1861 / Roger B. Taney -- "I rejoice in this war" : Virginia, June 1861. Speech at Richmond, June 1, 1861 / Henry A. Wise -- The "blinded, fanatical" North: Georgia, June 1861 / Charles C. Jones Jr. to Charles C. Jones Sr. and Mary Jones, June 10, 1861 -- Anglo-American Relations : London, June 1861 / Henry Adams to Charles Francis Adams Jr., June 10-11, 1861 -- Cherokee Neutrality : Indian Territory, June 1861 / John Ross to Benjamin McCulloch, June 17, 1861 -- Emancipating Northern Opinion : June 1861. The Pickens-and-Stealin's Rebellion, June 1861 / James Russell Lowell -- Washington, D.C., July 1861. Message to Congress in Special Session, July 4, 1861 / Abraham Lincoln -- An Unobserved Holiday: Louisiana, July 1861. Journal, July 4, 1861 / Kate Stone -- Facing the Enemy: Missouri, July 1861. From Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant / Ulysses S. Grant -- Defeats in Western Virginia: July 1861. From Richmond During the War / Sallie Brock -- A Farewell Letter : July 1861 / Sullivan Ballou to Sarah Ballou, July 14, 1861 -- Battle of Manassas : Virginia, July 1861. From Letters from Lee's Army / Charles Minor Blackford -- The Union Army Retreats : Virginia, July 1861. From My Diary North and South / William Howard Russell -- "Death and confusion everywhere" : Virginia, July 1861 / Samuel J. English to his Mother, July 24, 1861 -- News of Manassas : South Carolina, July 1861. Diary, July 22-23, 1861 / Emma Holmes -- Straggling Soldiers: Washington, D.C., July 1861 / Elizabeth Blair Lee to Samuel Phillips Lee, July 23, 1861 -- "A terrible shock": Washington, D.C., July 1861. From Specimen Days / Walt Whitman -- Washington, D.C., July 1861. Memoranda on Military Policy, July 23, 1861 / Abraham Lincoln -- Celebrating Victory : Virginia, July 1861. Diary, July 24, 1861 / Mary Chesnut -- Noninterference with Slavery: July 1861. Crittenden-Johnson Resolutions, July 22-25, 1861 -- Assuming Command: Washington, D.C., July 1861 / George B. McClellan to Mary Ellen McClellan, July 27, 1861 -- "Our men are not good Soldiers" : July 1861 / William T. Sherman to Ellen Ewing Sherman, July 28, 1861 -- "Our late awful disaster": July 1861 / Horace Greeley to Abraham Lincoln, July 29, 1861 -- Washington, D.C., August 1861. Memorandum for the President, August 2, 1861 / George B. McClellan -- A Measure Against Slavery: August 1861. Confiscation Act, August 6, 1861 -- "The Presdt is an idiot": August 1861 / George B. McClellan to Mary Ellen McClellan, August 8, 9, and 16, 1861 -- Battle of Wilson's Creek : Missouri, August 1861. From The Lyon Campaign in Missouri / E. F. Ware -- Confederate Artillery at Wilson's Creek : Missouri, August 1861. From With the Light Guns in '61-'65 / W. E. Woodruff -- Freeing the Slaves of Rebels: Missouri, August 1861. Proclamation, August 30, 1861 / John C. Frm̌ont -- Modifying a Proclamation : September 1861 / Abraham Lincoln to John C. Frm̌ont, September 2, 1861 -- The Need for Black Soldiers: September 1861. Fighting Rebels with Only One Hand, September 1861 / Frederick Douglass -- Revoking Frm̌ont's Proclamation: September 1861 / Abraham Lincoln to Orville H. Browning, September 22, 1861 -- A Cherokee-Confederate Alliance: Indian Territory, October 1861. Message to the National Council, October 9, 1861 / John Ross -- Battle of Ball's Bluff: Virginia, October 1861 / Henry Livermore Abbott to Josiah Gardner Abbott, October 22, 1861 -- Replacing Winfield Scott: October 1861 / George B. McClellan to Mary Ellen McClellan, October 25, 26, 30, and 31, 1861 -- "I am tired of incompetents": November 1861 / Charles Francis Adams Jr. to Henry Adams, November 5, 1861 -- Preparing for the Next Battle : November 1861 / George B. McClellan to Samuel L. M. Barlow, November 8, 1861 -- Battle of Belmont: Missouri, November 1861 / Ulysses S. Grant to Jesse Root Grant, November 8, 1861 -- A Doctor at Belmont : Missouri, November 1861 / Lunsford P. Yandell Jr. to Lunsford Yandell Sr., November 10, 1861 -- The Capture of Port Royal : South Carolina, November 1861 / Samuel Francis Du Pont to Sophie Du Pont, November 13-15, 1861 -- A Former Slave Remembers : South Carolina, November 1861. Narrative of the capture of the Sea Islands, November 1861 / Sam Mitchell -- A Confederate Sermon : Georgia, November 1861. God in the War, November 15, 1861 / Henry Tucker -- Richmond, Virginia, November 1861. Message to the Confederate Congress, November 18, 1861 / Jefferson Davis -- The Army of the Potomac : Virginia, November 1861. The Great Review / Harper's Weekly -- Slavery and the Press: November 1861 / Ulysses S. Grant to Jesse Root Grant, November 27, 1861 -- Shortages and Inflation : Virginia, Autumn 1861. From Richmond During the War / Sallie Brock -- The "Trent" Affair : London, November-December 1861. Journal, November 27-December 3, 1861 / Benjamin Moran -- War with England : London, November 1861 / Henry Adams to Charles Francis Adams Jr., November 30, 1861 -- Washington, D.C., December 1861. Annual Message to Congress, December 3, 1861 / Abraham Lincoln -- Preparing to Enlist : Boston, December 1861 / Charles Francis Adams Jr. to Henry Adams, December 10, 1861 -- A Song of the Contrabands : Virginia, 1861. Let My People Go -- Not Relying on Foreign Aid : December 1861 / Robert E. Lee to George Washington Custis Lee, December 29, 1861 -- The President's Duty to Act : Washington, D.C., December 1861. Diary, December 31, 1861 / Edward Bates -- Lincoln and McClellan : Washington, D.C., January 1862. Memorandum, January 10-13, 1862 / Irwin McDowell -- "The bottom is out of the tub" : Washington, D.C., January 1862. Memoir of Meetings with President Lincoln, January 10-13, 1862 / Montgomery C. Meigs -- "This army has got to fight" : January 1862 / Edwin M. Stanton to Charles A. Dana, January 24, 1862. |
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Author Notes
The Civil War: the First Year Told by Those Who Lived It (LOA #212)
Brooks D. Simpson , editor, is Foundation Professor of History at Arizona State University. He is the author of Let Us Have Peace- Ulysses S. Grant and the Politics of War and Reconstruction, 1861-1868 and Ulysses S. Grant- Triumph over Adversity, 1822-1865 , and the co-editor of Sherman's Civil War- Selected Correspondence of William T. Sherman, 1860-1865. Stephen W. Sears , volume editor, is the author of Landscape Turned Red- The Battle of Antietam ; George B. McClellan- The Young Napoleon ; To the Gates of Richmond- The Peninsula Campaign ; Chancellorsville ; Controversies and Commanders ;and Gettysburg . Aaron Sheehan-Dean , editor, is Associate Professor of History at the University of North Florida and author of Why Confederates Fought- Family and Nation in Civil War Virginia and The Concise Historical Atlas of the U.S. Civil War.