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Fifty basic Civil War documents
Henry Steele Commager-
Frontmatter
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Introduction (page 5)
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PART I THE SOUTH SECEDES
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1. South Carolina Declaration of Causes of Secession (page 7)
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2. Henry Timrod: "A Nation Among Nations" (page 11)
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3. Oliver Wendell Holmes: "Brother Jonathan's Lament for Sister Caroline" (page 13)
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4. Alexander Stephens: Slavery the Cornerstone of the Confederacy (page 15)
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5. The Surrender at Fort Sumter (page 17)
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6. Robert E. Lee Goes with His State (page 22)
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7. Sam Houston Refuses to Go with His State (page 25)
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8. Jefferson Davis: Inaugural Address (page 28)
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Part II "THE UNION FOREVER"
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9. Lincoln Refuses to Compromise on Slavery in the Territories (page 33)
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10. J. J. Crittenden: A Plea for Compromise (page 37)
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11. Lincoln: First Inaugural Address (page 41)
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12. W. H. Seward: A Plan to Avert Civil War (page 49)
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13. Proclamation of a Blockade (page 52)
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14. The Supreme Court Upholds the Blockade: The Prize Cases (page 54)
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15. Crittenden-Johnson Resolutions on the War (page 56)
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16. Lincoln: Message to Congress (page 58)
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Part III THE CONDUCT OF THE WAR
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17. Lincoln: Messages to Congress on Compensated Emancipation (page 62)
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18. Union or Emancipation (page 68)
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19. Emancipation (page 71)
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20. President Lincoln and the Working-Men of Manchester, England (page 74)
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21. Jefferson Davis: Reply to the Emancipation Proclamation (page 79)
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22. Captain Wilkes Seizes Mason and Slidell (page 81)
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23. James Russell Lowell: "Shall It Be Love, or Hate, John?" (page 86)
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24. Lord Palmerston and Lord Russell Consider Recognition or Mediation (page 88)
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25. Charles Francis Adams: "This Is War" (page 93)
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26. Ousting the French from Mexico (page 96)
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27. Lincoln: The Gettysburg Address (page 101)
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Part IV INTERNAL PROBLEMS, NORTH AND SOUTH
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28. Kentucky Tries to Be Neutral (page 103)
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29. West Virginia Becomes a State (page 106)
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30. Ex Parte Merryman (page 109)
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31. Ex Parte Milligan (page 114)
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32. A Southern Unionist: James Louis Petigru (page 122)
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33. Discontent in the Confederacy (page 124)
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34. Wartime Legislation (page 128)
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Part V GRAND STRATEGY
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35. Confederate Strategy (page 135)
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36. How the Army of Northern Virginia Got Its Ordnance (page 140)
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37. Lincoln Appoints Hooker to Command the Army (page 143)
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38. General Lee Offers to Resign After Gettysburg (page 145)
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39. Lee Foresees Ultimate Defeat (page 149)
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40. Grant's Anaconda Strategy (page 150)
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41. Secretary Benjamin Recalls the Mistakes of the Confederacy (page 153)
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Part VI WARTIME RECONSTRUCTION
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42. Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction (page 157)
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43. Congress Versus the President (page 161)
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44. Lincoln: Second Inaugural Address (page 167)
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45. Lincoln: Last Public Address (page 169)
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Part VII APPOMATTOX AND THE END
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46. Jefferson Davis: Last Message to the People of the Confederacy (page 175)
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47. General Lee Surrenders (page 177)
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48. General Johnson Surrenders (page 183)
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49. The Assassination of Lincoln (page 184)
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50. James Russel Lowell: "Bow Down, Dear Land, For Thou Hast Found Release" (page 188)
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List of Anvil Books (page 192)
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Published: c1965
Publisher: Van Nostrand