Maryland Voices of the Civil War

Informationen zum Autor Charles W. Mitchell , a Marylander by birth and by choice, is a writer descended from a congressman, a pirate, and two Confederate officers who appear in the pages of this book. The ancestors of his wife, Betsy, include eleven Union soldiers, Pennsylvanians all. Charley and Betsy, and their two children, Abbie and Alec, live in Lutherville, Maryland. Klappentext Charles W. Mitchell has compiled excerpts from diaries! letters! legislative proceedings! newspaper accounts! government records! and military reports from the period 1860--1865. Maryland Voices of the Civil War explores the manifold effects of the Civil War on Marylanders! mainly civilians! whose sentiments and loyalties! among whites! divided dramatically. Zusammenfassung Maryland Voices of the Civil War illuminates the human complexities of the Civil War era and the political realignment that enabled Marylanders to abolish slavery in their state before the end of the war.

Product details

• Authors: Charles W. Mitchell, Charles W. (EDT) Mitchell
• Assisted by: Charles W Mitchell (Editor), Charles W. Mitchell (Editor), Mitchell Charles W. (Editor)
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.08.2007
• EAN: 9780801886218
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-8621-8
• No. of pages: 568
• Dimensions: 184 mm x 260 mm x 44 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare), Slavery and abolition of slavery, c 1860 to c 1869, Civil wars, American Civil War, HISTORY / Military / Early Modern Warfare (1500-1800)