Shenandoah Valley Campaign Lee takes command The North struggles over slavery.Ĭh. The Mississippi River War in 1862 Internal dissension Landmark legislation.Ĭh. Bull Run and its consequences McClellan hesitates Blockade and beachhead in the South.Ĭh.13 & 14. The Upper South's Dilemma Armies are organized War begins.Ĭh.11 & 12. John Brown 1860 Election Secession Fort Sumter.Ĭh. Bleeding Kansas Rise of Republican Party Dred Scott Lincoln/Douglas debates.Ĭh. US at midcentury Mexican War Compromise of 1850.Ĭh. Battle Cry of Freedom will guide us through the most important chapter of the American story. While chronology is marked by battles, the book emphasizes analysis of slavery expansion, the origins of the Republican Party, the causes of secession, the internal dissent and anti-war opposition in North and South and the political battles on both sides. The SDG will offer an in-depth view of the background causes and events and all aspects of the war itself-the battles, the strategic maneuvering on both sides, the politics and the personalities. The fast paced narrative integrates the political, social and military events that crowded the 2 decades from the outbreak of war in Mexico to the ending of another at Appomattox. Written 3 decades ago, the core book, James McPherson's Pulitzer Prize winning Battle Cry of Freedom remains unchallenged as the definitive one volume study of the war. This authoritative volume makes sense of that vast and confusing „second American Revolution” we call the Civil War, a war that transformed a nation and expanded our heritage of liberty.The Civil War remains the most significant, studied and written about era in US history. This „new birth of freedom,” as Lincoln called it, constitutes the proudest legacy of America's bloodiest conflict. Eventually, the North had to grapple with the underlying cause of the war-slavery-and adopt a policy of emancipation as a second war aim. The book's title refers to the sentiments that informed both the Northern and Southern views of the conflict: the South seceded in the name of that freedom of self-determination and self-government for which their fathers had fought in 1776, while the North stood fast in defense of the Union founded by those fathers as the bulwark of American liberty. Particularly notable are McPherson's new views on such matters as the slavery expansion issue in the 1850s, the origins of the Republican Party, the causes of secession, internal dissent and anti-war opposition in the North and the South, and the reasons for the Union's victory. Packed with drama and analytical insight, the book vividly recounts the momentous episodes that preceded the Civil War-the Dred Scott decision, the Lincoln-Douglas debates, John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry-and then moves into a masterful chronicle of the war itself-the battles, the strategic maneuvering on both sides, the politics, and the personalities. James McPherson's fast-paced narrative fully integrates the political, social, and military events that crowded the two decades from the outbreak of one war in Mexico to the ending of another at Appomattox. Filled with fresh interpretations and information, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, Battle Cry of Freedom will unquestionably become the standard one-volume history of the Civil War.
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