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The First Narrative History Of The Civil War As Told By The Very People It Freed. Historian Of Nineteenth-century And African-american History Andrew Ward Weaves Together Hundreds Of Interviews, Diaries, Letters, And Memoirs. Here Is The Civil War As Seen From Slave Quarters, Kitchens, Roadsides, Swamps, And Fields. Body Servants, Army Cooks And Launderers, Runaways, Teamsters, And Gravediggers Bring The War To Richly Detailed Life. From Slaves' Theories About The Causes Of The Civil War To Their Frank Assessments Of Major Figures; From Their Searing Memories Of The Carnage Of Battle To Their Often Startling Attitudes Toward Masters And Liberators Alike; And From Their Initial Jubilation At The Yankee Invasion Of The Slave South To The Crushing Disappointment Of Freedom's Promise Unfulfilled, This Is A Transformative Vision Of America's Second Revolution.--from Publisher Description. Preface -- Pt. 1. The Union, 1850 To 1860 -- Prologue : We Done Now -- 1. Before Their Time -- 2. A Grand Man -- 3. The Union, Gentlemen, The Union -- Pt. 2. The East, 1861 -- 4. Worser For Us Than Ever -- 5. They's Folks! -- Pt. 3. The West, 1861 And 1862 -- 6. Grant Shelling The Rebels! -- 7. The Bl

Author

Andrew Ward, Ward, Andrew

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9780547237923

Subjects

History, Biography, Social Science

Rating

3.9 / 5 (279 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13