Collapse of the Confederacy

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Description

Practically all Civil War historians agree that after the fall of Atlanta in September 1864 and Lincoln''s triumphant reelection in November, the South had no remaining chance to make good its independence. Well aware that Appomattox and Durham Station were close at hand, historians have treated the war''s final months in a fashion that smacks strongly of denouement: the great, tragic conflict rolls on to its now-certain end.

 

Certain, that is, to us, but deeply uncertain to the millions of Northerners and Southerners who lived through the anxious days of early 1865. The final months of the Confederacy offer fascinating opportunities-as a case study in war termination, as a period that shaped the initial circumstances of Reconstruction, and as a lens through which to analyze Southern society at its most stressful moment. The Collapse of the Confederacy collects six essays that explore how popular expectations, national strategy, battlefield performance, and Confederate nationalism affected Confederate actions during the final months of the conflict.

Sujets

• Histoire
• USA
• United States of America
• Military history
• History of the Americas
• États-Unis
• History

Informations

• Publié par: Nebraska Paperback
• Date de parution: 01 mars 2001
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780803200654
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

Extrait

The Collapse of the Confederacy

key issues of the civil war era series editors Mark Grimsley Ohio State University Brooks D. Simpson Arizona State University

The Collapse of the Confederacy

Edited by Mark Grimsley and Brooks D.Simpson

University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln and London

©2001by the University of Nebraska Press All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America   Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The collapse of the Confederacy / edited by Mark Grimsley and Brooks D. Simpson. p. cm.–(Key issues of the Civil War era) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN0-8032-2170-3(cloth : alk paper) 1. Confederate States of America–History 2. Confederate states of America-Politics and government.3. Confederate States of America–Social conditions.4. United States– History–Civil War,1861–1865–Campaigns. 5. United States–History–Civil War, 1861–1865–Social aspects. I. Grimsley, Mark. II. Simpson, Brooks D. III. Series. E487.C67 2001 973.7'13—dc21 00–059969

Contents

List of Maps, vii Mark Grimsley and Brooks D.Simpson Introduction,1 Steven E.Woodworth The Last Function of Government: Confederate Collapse and Negotiated Peace,13 Mark Grimsley Learning to Say “Enough”: Southern Generals and the Final Weeks of the Confederacy,40 Brooks D.Simpson Facilitating Defeat: The Union High Command and the Collapse of the Confederacy,80 William B.Feis Jefferson Davis and the “Guerrilla Option”: A Reexamination,104 George C.Rable Despair, Hope, and Delusion: The Collapse of Confederate Morale Reexamined,129 Jean V.Berlin Did Confederate Women Lose the War? Deprivation, Destruction, and Despair on the Home Front,168 Index,195

Maps

Situation,January1,1865,7 Situation,February2,1865,44 Proposed Confederate concentration,53 Situation,March8,1865,54 Situation,March18,1865,56 Situation,April12,1865,63 Fort Stedman and Five Forks,94 Pursuit and defeat of Lee,April3–9,1865,97

The Collapse of the Confederacy