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A History of the Civil War for Young and Old

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Originally published in 1906 as a section of the author’s larger “School History of the United States,” this Kindle edition, equivalent in length to a physical book of approximately 64 pages, tells the story of America’s Civil War.

CONTENTS

I. Before the War
II. Lincoln-Douglas Debates
III. Election of 1860
IV. Secession
V. Opening of Hostilities
VI. Early Naval Affairs
VII. Operations in the Mississippi Valley
VIII. The Army of the Potomac
IX. Emancipation
X. The Confederate Government
XI. Politics in the North
XII. Further Operations in the West
XIII. Vicksburg and Gettysburg
XIV. The Chattanooga Campaign
XV. Grant in the Wilderness
XVI. The Atlanta Campaign; Mobile
XVII. The Presidential Election of 1864
XVIII. Final Work of the Armies
XIX. Foreign Relations; the Finances
XX. Observations on the War
XXI. Early Plans of Reconstruction
XXII. Congressional Reconstruction

Sample
The effect of the firing on Fort Sumter was magical throughout the North. Millions who had hesitated were now ready to decide for the Union. Two days after the fall of Sumter President Lincoln issued a call for seventy-five thousand men and the response was hearty from every part of the free states. Men forgot their party differences and rushed to arms to save the Union. In the South the effect of the fall of Sumter was similar to that in the North. The Southern people saw by Lincoln’s call to arms that he meant to coerce the seceding states. This awakened them to resistance, and it was in the following weeks that the last four of the Confederate states seceded from the Union—Virginia, North Carolina, Arkansas, and Tennessee. The people of Virginia now seized the United States arsenal at Harper’s Ferry and the Navy Yard near Norfolk, the value of which was $10,000,000. The seizures of the Confederacy now reached the grand total of $40,000,000.

After the fall of Fort Sumter it was plain to the world that there would be war between the two great sections of our country. For many years there had been ceaseless quarreling between them; now there was to be an appeal to the sword, with all its baleful results.

About the
Henry William Elson was a professor of history at Ohio State University. Other works include “Side Lights on American History” and “Four Great American Presidents.”

Language: English

Pages: 46

Format: Kindle Edition

Release: November 06, 2011

A History of the Civil War for Young and Old

0/5 ( ratings)

Originally published in 1906 as a section of the author’s larger “School History of the United States,” this Kindle edition, equivalent in length to a physical book of approximately 64 pages, tells the story of America’s Civil War.

CONTENTS

I. Before the War
II. Lincoln-Douglas Debates
III. Election of 1860
IV. Secession
V. Opening of Hostilities
VI. Early Naval Affairs
VII. Operations in the Mississippi Valley
VIII. The Army of the Potomac
IX. Emancipation
X. The Confederate Government
XI. Politics in the North
XII. Further Operations in the West
XIII. Vicksburg and Gettysburg
XIV. The Chattanooga Campaign
XV. Grant in the Wilderness
XVI. The Atlanta Campaign; Mobile
XVII. The Presidential Election of 1864
XVIII. Final Work of the Armies
XIX. Foreign Relations; the Finances
XX. Observations on the War
XXI. Early Plans of Reconstruction
XXII. Congressional Reconstruction

Sample
The effect of the firing on Fort Sumter was magical throughout the North. Millions who had hesitated were now ready to decide for the Union. Two days after the fall of Sumter President Lincoln issued a call for seventy-five thousand men and the response was hearty from every part of the free states. Men forgot their party differences and rushed to arms to save the Union. In the South the effect of the fall of Sumter was similar to that in the North. The Southern people saw by Lincoln’s call to arms that he meant to coerce the seceding states. This awakened them to resistance, and it was in the following weeks that the last four of the Confederate states seceded from the Union—Virginia, North Carolina, Arkansas, and Tennessee. The people of Virginia now seized the United States arsenal at Harper’s Ferry and the Navy Yard near Norfolk, the value of which was $10,000,000. The seizures of the Confederacy now reached the grand total of $40,000,000.

After the fall of Fort Sumter it was plain to the world that there would be war between the two great sections of our country. For many years there had been ceaseless quarreling between them; now there was to be an appeal to the sword, with all its baleful results.

About the
Henry William Elson was a professor of history at Ohio State University. Other works include “Side Lights on American History” and “Four Great American Presidents.”

Language: English

Pages: 46

Format: Kindle Edition

Release: November 06, 2011

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