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Author | : Wesley Moody |
Publisher | : Hackett Publishing |
Total Pages | : 202 |
Release | : 2017-09-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1624666388 |
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"Readers of this book who thought they knew a lot about the U.S. Civil War will discover that much of what they 'knew' is wrong. For readers whose previous knowledge is sketchy but whose desire to learn is strong, the separation of myth from reality is an important step toward mastering the subject. The essays will generate lively discussion and new insights." —James M. McPherson, Professor Emeritus, Princeton University
Author | : Gary W. Gallagher |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 406 |
Release | : 2000-11-22 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0253109027 |
Download The Myth of the Lost Cause and Civil War History Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A “well-reasoned and timely” (Booklist) essay collection interrogates the Lost Cause myth in Civil War historiography. Was the Confederacy doomed from the start in its struggle against the superior might of the Union? Did its forces fight heroically against all odds for the cause of states’ rights? In reality, these suggestions are an elaborate and intentional effort on the part of Southerners to rationalize the secession and the war itself. Unfortunately, skillful propagandists have been so successful in promoting this romanticized view that the Lost Cause has assumed a life of its own. Misrepresenting the war’s true origins and its actual course, the myth of the Lost Cause distorts our national memory. In The Myth of the Lost Cause and Civil War History, nine historians describe and analyze the Lost Cause, identifying ways in which it falsifies history—creating a volume that makes a significant contribution to Civil War historiography. “The Lost Cause . . . is a tangible and influential phenomenon in American culture and this book provides an excellent source for anyone seeking to explore its various dimensions.” —Southern Historian
Author | : Michael R. Bradley |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 2011-04-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0762768754 |
Download Myths and Mysteries of the Civil War Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
• Was Ulysses S. Grant really a “perpetual drunk”? Some said he never met a bottle he didn’t like. But did his headache medication also cause intoxication-like behavior? And did much of the talk originate with those jealous of Grant? • Was Stonewall Jackson just a “sucker”? Thomas Jonathan Jackson became known not only as a brilliant strategist but also as an eccentric who obsessively sucked lemons. Was it a love of fresh fruit? Or his favorite method of dealing with heartburn? • What happened to the lost Confederate gold? Ever since the evacuation of Richmond on April 2, 1865, rumors abounded that the Confederate treasury had been loaded aboard a train and sent on its way into hiding. Can we “follow the money”? In at least one case the answer is “yes.” From the legend of the Yankee “human shield” behind Nathan Bedford Forrest’s saddle to the unexplained sinking of the Hunley, Myths and Mysteries of the Civil War makes history fun and pulls back the curtain on some of the most fascinating and compelling stories of the war that almost tore America apart
Author | : Kevin M. Levin |
Publisher | : UNC Press Books |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2019-08-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1469653273 |
Download Searching for Black Confederates Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
More than 150 years after the end of the Civil War, scores of websites, articles, and organizations repeat claims that anywhere between 500 and 100,000 free and enslaved African Americans fought willingly as soldiers in the Confederate army. But as Kevin M. Levin argues in this carefully researched book, such claims would have shocked anyone who served in the army during the war itself. Levin explains that imprecise contemporary accounts, poorly understood primary-source material, and other misrepresentations helped fuel the rise of the black Confederate myth. Moreover, Levin shows that belief in the existence of black Confederate soldiers largely originated in the 1970s, a period that witnessed both a significant shift in how Americans remembered the Civil War and a rising backlash against African Americans' gains in civil rights and other realms. Levin also investigates the roles that African Americans actually performed in the Confederate army, including personal body servants and forced laborers. He demonstrates that regardless of the dangers these men faced in camp, on the march, and on the battlefield, their legal status remained unchanged. Even long after the guns fell silent, Confederate veterans and other writers remembered these men as former slaves and not as soldiers, an important reminder that how the war is remembered often runs counter to history.
Author | : William C. Davis |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Download The Cause Lost Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This work investigates the facts and fictions of the South's victories and defeats during the American Civil War. It debunks long-standing legends, offers evidence explaining Confederate actions and considers the idealism, naivete and courage of military leadership and would-be founding fathers.
Author | : Edward H. Bonekemper |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 202 |
Release | : 2015-10-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1621574733 |
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History isn't always written by the winners... Twenty-first-century controversies over Confederate monuments attest to the enduring significance of our nineteenth-century Civil War. As Lincoln knew, the meaning of America itself depends on how we understand that fratricidal struggle. As soon as the Army of Northern Virginia laid down its arms at Appomattox, a group of Confederate officers took up their pens to refight the war for the history books. They composed a new narrative—the Myth of the Lost Cause—seeking to ennoble the sacrifice and defeat of the South, which popular historians in the twentieth century would perpetuate. Unfortunately, that myth would distort the historical imagination of Americans, north and south, for 150 years. In this balanced and compelling correction of the historical record, Edward Bonekemper helps us understand the Myth of the Lost Cause and its effect on the social and political controversies that are still important to all Americans.
Author | : Carlton McCarthy |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 266 |
Release | : 1899 |
Genre | : United States |
ISBN | : |
Download Detailed Minutiæ of Soldier Life in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Michael R. Bradley |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2019-05-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1493039776 |
Download Civil War Myths and Legends Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Experience the Civil War's most eerie occurrences, spooky events, unsolved mysteries, and myths and legends related and debunked. From the legend of the Yankee “human shield” behind Nathan Bedford Forrest’s saddle to the unexplained sinking of the Hunley, Civil WarMyths and Legends makes history fun and pulls back the curtain on some of the most fascinating and compelling stories of the war that almost tore America apart.
Author | : Gary W. Gallagher |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780253338228 |
Download The Myth of the Lost Cause and Civil War History Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The myth of the Lost Cause of the Confederate States in the Civil War was and is an elaborate and intentional effort on the part of southerners to rationalise the secession and the war itself. Unfortunately, for historical truth and the national memory, these skilful propagandists, beginning with Jubal Early, have been so successful that the Lost Cause has assumed a life of its own and continues to misrepresent what really happened, distorting the national memory in the process. In this book, nine historians analyse the Lost Cause, describing its content and identifying its falsity. The work is thus a major contribution to Civil War historiography.
Author | : David B. Sachsman |
Publisher | : Purdue University Press |
Total Pages | : 326 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781557534408 |
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"Ain't nobody clean" : Glory! and the politics of black agency / W. Scott Poole -- Alex Haley's Roots : the fiction of fact / William E. Huntzicker -- A voice of the south : the transformation of Shelby Foote / David W. Bulla.