American History, 1861-1863. The Appeal to Arms (English Edition)

In describing a period so complicated as that of the war, it is necessary to combine civil, military, and social history, to pass from the forum to the camp, and then back to the southern and northern homes. In three preliminary chapters, the author discusses the political ideas of the time, the leaders on both sides, and the military capacity and training of North and South. Chapters IV and V describe the Bull Run campaign and the subsequent nerving of the contestants for their mighty task. Chapters VI and VII are on the western campaign down to Shiloh. Chapter VIII turns to the Atlantic coast and fresh-water navies. Chapters X to XIII are devoted to the eastern campaigns of 1862. Chapter XIV is on emancipation, which followed hard after the battle of Antietam. Chapter XV goes back to the West. Chapters XVI and XVII are on the Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville campaigns. In chapters XVIII and XIX the story rises to the double crisis of Vicksburg and Gettysburg. Then follows a chapter (XX) on foreign relations to the end of 1862.

Contents: Conditions of the Civil War (1861). The Leaders in the Struggle (1861). Preparations and Preliminary Contests (April 1861-July 1861). The First Bull Run Campaign (July 1861). Military Preparations (July 1861-December 1861). Western Advance (November 1861-March 1862). Check in the West (april 1862). Warfare on the Interior Waters (1861-1862). The Peninsula Campaign (April 1862-June 1862). Jackson's Diversion in the Valley of Virginia (March 1862-May 1862). Seven Days' Battles (June 1862-July 1862). Pope and the Army of Virginia (July 1862-August 1862). Antietam Campaign (September 1862). The Government and Emancipation (1862). Campaign in Kentucky and Tennessee (1862). The Gloom of Fredericksburg (October 1862-December 1862). Hooker's Virginia Campaign (January 1863-May 1863). Vicksburg (October 1862-July 1863). The Gettysburg Campaign (May 1863-July 1863). Foreign Relations (1861-1863).