Appomattox - Victory, Defeat, and Freedom At the End of the Civil War

Zusatztext A compelling account of the courses taken by Grant and Lee and a superb look at how the public in both sections endeavored to understand what had happened-and what it portended for the future. Informationen zum Autor Elizabeth R. Varon is Langbourne M. Williams Professor of American History at the University of Virginia. A noted Civil War historian, she is the author of Disunion!: The Coming of the American Civil War, 1789-1859; We Mean to be Counted: White Women and Politics in Antebellum Virginia; and Southern Lady, Yankee Spy: The True Story of Elizabeth Van Lew, A Union Agent in the Heart of the Confederacy, which was named one of the "Five Best" books on the "Civil War away from the battlefield" by the Wall Street Journal. Klappentext A revisionist narrative of Appomattox, the surrender of the Confederacy to the Union, published on the 150th anniversary of the event that ended the Civil War. Zusammenfassung A revisionist narrative of Appomattox, the surrender of the Confederacy to the Union, published on the 150th anniversary of the event that ended the Civil War. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prologue Part One: Battlefront Ch 1 No Escape Ch 2 Councils of War Ch 3 The Surrender Conference Ch 4 Rank-and-File Part Two: Homefront Ch 5: Tidings of Peace Ch 6: Victory and Mourning Ch 7: Defeat and Liberation Part Three: Aftermath Ch 8: The Trials of Robert E. Lee Ch 9: The Education of U.S. Grant Epilogue: The Apple Tree Notes Bibliography Index

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• Authors: Elizabeth R Varon, Elizabeth R. Varon, Elizabeth R. (Langbourne M. Williams Profes Varon, Elizabeth R. (Langbourne M. Williams Professor of American History Varon
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.06.2015
• EAN: 9780190217860
• ISBN: 978-0-19-021786-0
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare), c 1860 to c 1869, Civil wars, American Civil War, HISTORY / Military / Early Modern Warfare (1500-1800)