Turning Points of the American Civil War (Engaging the Civil War) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0809336219 ISBN 13: 9780809336210

Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press, 2017

Synopsis

Contributors to this collection, public historians with experience at Civil War battle sites, examine key shifts in the Civil War and the context surrounding them to show that many chains of events caused the course of the war to change: the Federal defeats at First Bull Run and Ball’s Bluff, the wounding of Joseph Johnston at Seven Pines and the Confederate victory at Chancellorsville, the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation, the Federal victory at Vicksburg, Grant’s decision to move on to Richmond rather than retreat from the Wilderness, the naming of John B. Hood as commander of the Army of Tennessee, and the 1864 presidential election. In their conclusion, the editors suggest that the assassination of Abraham Lincoln might have been the war’s final turning point. 

About this title

About the Author

Chris Mackowski and Kristopher D. White are co-founders of Emerging Civil War.
 
Mackowski, a professor of journalism and mass communication at St. Bonaventure University, is the editor in chief of Emerging Civil War, editor of the Engaging the Civil War series, and historian-in-residence at Stevenson Ridge. He has written or cowritten more than a dozen books on the Civil War.
 
White, the chief historian of Emerging Civil War, is the education manager at the Civil War Trust. He has cowritten several books with Chris Mackowski, including That Furious Struggle: Chancellorsville and the High Tide of the Confederacy, May 1–5, 1863.
 

Edition details

• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0809336219
• ISBN 13: 9780809336210
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272
• Editor: Mackowski Chris, White Kristopher D.