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"...collects diaries, letters, and memoirs excerpted from their original publication in the Arkansas Historical Quarterly to offer a first-hand, ground-level view of the war's horrors, its mundane hardships, its pitched battles and languid stretches, even its moments of frivolity. Readers will find varying degrees of commitment and different motivations among soldiers on both sides, along with the perspective of civilians. In many cases, these documents address aspects of the war that would become objects of scholarly and popular fascination only years after their initial appearance: the guerrilla conflict that became the "real war" west of the Mississippi; the "hard war" waged against civilians long before William Tecumseh Sherman set foot in Georgia; the work of women in maintaining households in the absence of men; and the complexities of emancipation, which saw African Americans winning freedom and sometimes losing it all over again"--[P. 4] of cover.
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The first edited edition of a Union soldier's remarkable memoir, offering a rare perspective on guerrilla warfare and on the larger meanings of the Civil War While tales of Confederate guerilla-outlaws abound, there are few scholarly accounts of the Union men who battled them. This edition of John R. Kelso's Civil War memoir presents a firsthand account of an ordinary man's extraordinary battlefield experiences along with his evolving interpretation of what the bloody struggle meant. A former Methodist preacher and Missouri schoolteacher, Kelso served as a Union Army foot soldier, cavalry officer, guerilla fighter, and spy. Initially shaped by a belief in the Founding Fathers' republic and a disdain for the slave-holding aristocracy, Kelso became driven by revenge after pro-Southern neighbors stole his property, burned down his house, and drove his family and friends from their homes. Interweaving Kelso's compelling voice with historian Christopher Grasso's insightful commentary, this fascinating work charts the transformation of an everyday citizen into a man the Union hailed as a hero and Confederate sympathizers called a monster.
Soldiers --- Kelso, John Russell, --- American Civil War (1861-1865) --- 1861-1865 --- United States --- History --- Campaigns. --- Battlefields.
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Government publications --- American Civil War (1861-1865) --- 1861 - 1865 --- United States --- United States. --- History
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Government publications --- Government publications. --- American Civil War (1861-1865) --- 1861 - 1865 --- United States --- United States. --- History
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#ANTIL0203 --- United States --- United States. --- History --- Arts and Humanities --- General and Others --- American Civil War (1861-1865) --- 1861-1865
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Fortification --- Historic sites --- American Civil War (1861-1865) --- 1861-1865 --- Washington (D.C.) --- Washington (D.C.) Metropolitan Area. --- History
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Gettysburg Campaign, 1863. --- Military intelligence --- History --- American Civil War (1861-1865) --- Gettysburg Campaign (1863) --- 1800-1899 --- United States --- Military intelligence.
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"In this pioneering book, renowned photographic historian Deborah Willis and historian of slavery Barbara Krauthamer have amassed nearly 150 photographs--some never before published--from the antebellum days of the 1850s through the New Deal era of the 1930s. The authors vividly display the seismic impact of emancipation on African Americans born before and after the Proclamation, providing a perspective on freedom and slavery and a way to understand the photos as documents of engagement, action, struggle, and aspiration ... From photos of the enslaved on plantations and African American soldiers and camp workers in the Union Army to Juneteenth celebrations, slave reunions, and portraits of black families and workers in the American South, the images in this book challenge perceptions of slavery. They show not only what the subjects emphasized about themselves but also the ways Americans of all colors and genders opposed slavery and marked its end."--Jacket.
African Americans --- African Americans --- Documentary photography --- Historiography and photography --- History --- American Civil War (1861-1865) --- United States --- History --- African Americans
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Lincoln, Abraham, --- Davis, Jefferson, --- American Civil War (1861-1865) --- United States --- United States --- History --- Causes. --- Politics and government
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