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The Slaves' War : the Civil War in the words of former slaves

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Author: Ward, Andrew,

Date of Publication: 2008.

Call Number: 973.711 W256

Responsibility: Andrew Ward.

ISBN: 9780618634002; 0618634002; 9780547237923; 0547237928

Author: Ward, Andrew,

Place of Publication: Boston

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co.,

Date of Publication: 2008.

Physical Description: xiv, 386 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 354-372) and index.

Summary: 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.

Subjects: Slaves - Southern States - Biography.; Freedmen - United States - Biography.; African Americans - Biography.; African Americans.; Freedmen.; Slaves.; Social aspects.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - African Americans.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Social aspects.; Southern States.; United States.; Biography.; History.; Personal narratives.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.711 W256

Making and remaking Pennsylvania's Civil War

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Date of Publication: c2001.

Call Number: 973.7 M235

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Responsibility: edited by William Blair and William Pencak.

ISBN: 0271020792 (alk. paper); 9780271020792 (alk. paper)

Place of Publication: University Park, Pa

Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press,

Date of Publication: c2001.

Physical Description: xix, 332 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Keystone Confederates : Pennsylvanians who fought for Dixie / Christian B. Keller -- Avenue of dreams : patriotism and the spectator at Philadelphia's Great Central Sanitary Fair / Elizabeth Milroy -- "We were enlisted for the war" : ladies' aid societies and the politics of women's work during the Civil War / Rachel Filene Seidman -- "The world will little note nor long remember" : gender analysis of civilian responses to the Battle of Gettysburg / Christina Ericson -- The Avery Monument : the elevation of race in public sculpture and the Republican Party / Henry Pisciotta -- The Civil War letters of Quartermaster Sergeant John C. Brock, 43rd regiment, United States Colored Troops / edited by Eric Ledell Smith -- Sites of memory, sites of glory : African-American Grand Army of the Republic posts in Pennsylvania / Barbara A. Gannon -- "A disgrace that can never be washed out" : Gettysburg and the lingering stigma of 1863 / Jim Weeks -- "Magnificence and terrible truthfulness" : Peter F. Rothermel's The Battle of Gettysburg / Mark Thistlethwaite -- The brothers' war : Gettysburg the movie and American memory / William Blair.

Subjects: Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.; Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Social aspects.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Social aspects.; Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Influence.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Influence.

Additional Author: Blair, William Alan.; Pencak, William,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.7 M235

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What this cruel war was over : soldiers, slavery, and the Civil War

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Author: Manning, Chandra.

Date of Publication: 2007.

Call Number: 973.74 M283

Responsibility: Chandra Manning.

ISBN: 9780307264824; 0307264823

Author: Manning, Chandra.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf,

Date of Publication: 2007.

Physical Description: 350 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-332) and index.

Contents: "Lincoln and liberty": why an antislavery president meant war -- "Richmond is a hard road to travel": gaps between expectations and experience -- "Kingdom coming in the year of Jubilo": revolution and resistance -- "Mine years have seen the glory": the war and the hand of God -- "Many are the hearts that are weary tonight": the war in 1864 -- "Slavery's chain done broke at last": the coming of the end -- Conclusion: what this cruel war was over.

Summary: Chandra Manning uses letters, diaries, and regimental newspapers to take the reader inside the minds of Civil War soldiers-black and white, Northern and Southern-as they fought and marched across a divided country. With stunning poise and narrative verve, Manning explores how the Union and Confederate soldiers came to identify slavery as the central issue of the war and what that meant for a tumultuous nation. [from the publisher]

Subjects: United States. - Army - History; Confederate States of America. - Army - History.; Soldiers - United States; Soldiers - Confederate States of America; Slavery - United States; Slavery - Confederate States of America; Public opinion - United States; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Causes.; United States - Race relations - History - 19th century.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Social aspects.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.74 M283

Three years in the Bloody Eleventh : the campaigns of a Pennsylvania Reserves regiment

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Author: Gibbs, Joseph,

Date of Publication: 2002.

Call Number: 973.7448 G443

Responsibility: Joseph Gibbs.

ISBN: 0271021667 (alk. paper)

Author: Gibbs, Joseph,

Place of Publication: University Park, Pa

Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press,

Date of Publication: 2002.

Physical Description: xxi, 378 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-356) and index.

Subjects: United States. - Army. - Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 11th (1861-1865); United States. - Army - Reserves - History; Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Campaigns.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.7448 G443

Mennonites, Amish, and the American Civil War

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Author: Lehman, James O.

Date of Publication: 2007.

Call Number: 973.7088 L523

Responsibility: James O. Lehman and Steven M. Nolt.

ISBN: 9780801886720 (hardcover : alk. paper); 0801886724 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Author: Lehman, James O.

Place of Publication: Baltimore, Md

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press,

Date of Publication: 2007.

Physical Description: xi,353 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series: Young Center books in Anabaptist and Pietist studies

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Introduction : religion, religious minorities, and the American Civil War -- Politics and peoplehood in a restless republic -- Our country is at war -- Conscription, combat, and Virginia's "war of self-defense," 1861-1862 -- Negotiation and notoriety in Pennsylvania, 1862 -- Patterns of peace and patriotism in the Midwest -- The fighting comes north, 1862-1863 -- Thaddeus Stevens and Pennsylvania Mennonite politics -- Did Jesus Christ teach men war? -- Resistance and revenge in Virginia, 1863-1864 -- Burning the Shenandoah Valley -- Reconstructed nation, reconstructed peoplehood.

Subjects: Mennonites - United States; Amish - United States; Anabaptists - United States; Pacifists - United States; War; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Religious aspects.; United States - Politics and government - 1861-1865.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Social aspects.

Additional Author: Nolt, Steven M.,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.7088 L523

Pennsylvania soldier life, 1861-65

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Date of Publication: 1986.

Call Number: 973.74 P272

Responsibility: edited by William T. Parsons.

Place of Publication: Collegeville, PA : Huntingdon, PA

Publisher: Chestnut Books/Keschte Bicher ; Send orders to W.T. Parsons,

Date of Publication: 1986.

Physical Description: 240 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Series: Juniata College research scholars series ;

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 124-125).

Subjects: Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.

Additional Author: Parsons, William T.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.74 P272

The encyclopedia of Civil War usage : an illustrated compendium of the everyday language of soldiers and civilians

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Author: Garrison, Webb B.

Date of Publication: 2001.

Call Number: 973.7 G241

Responsibility: Webb Garrison with Cheryl Garrison.

ISBN: 1581821867

Author: Garrison, Webb B.

Place of Publication: Nashville

Publisher: Cumberland House,

Date of Publication: 2001.

Physical Description: x, 274 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-274).

Summary: More than 2,500 entries and 250 illustrations cover the terms, equipment, and organizations for the three million soldiers who fought inthe war.

Subjects: Soldiers - United States - Encyclopedias.; English language - United States - Encyclopedias.; Americanisms - Encyclopedias.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Language - Encyclopedias.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Social aspects - Encyclopedias.

Additional Author: Garrison, Cheryl D.,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.7 G241

The Southern journey of a Civil War marine : the illustrated note-book of Henry O. Gusley

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Author: Gusley, Henry O.,

Edition: 1st ed.

Date of Publication: 2006.

Call Number: 973.758 G982

Responsibility: edited and annotated by Edward T. Cotham, Jr.

ISBN: 0292712839 (alk. paper); 9780292712836 (alk. paper)

Author: Gusley, Henry O.,

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: Austin

Publisher: University of Texas Press,

Date of Publication: 2006.

Physical Description: x, 213 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm.

Series: Clifton and Shirley Caldwell Texas heritage series ; no. 10

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-206) and index.

Contents: Galveston Tri-Weekly News introduction to the Note-Book -- 1. The Battle below New Orleans -- 2. Ship Island, the Pearl River, and Lake Pontchartrain -- 3. Pensacola -- 4. New Orleans -- 5. The Mississippi River -- 6. Baton Rouge, Plaquemine, and Donaldsonville -- 7. The Return to Pensacola and Ship Island -- 8. The Capture of Galveston -- 9. Matagorda Bay -- 10. The Battle of Galveston -- 11. The Capture of U.S.S. Hatteras -- 12. A New Commander -- 13. Mississippi Sound -- 14. The Swamps of Louisiana -- 15. Butte a la Rose -- 16. Mobile Bay -- 17. The Return to the Teche Country -- 18. The Battle of Sabine Pass -- 19. Letters from Prison.

Summary: Information about the inner workings and day-to-day life aboard U.S. Naval vessels patrolling the Gulf of Mexico and the major river systems of the Trans-Mississippi.

Subjects: Gusley, Henry O., - 1837-1884; United States. - Marine Corps - Biography.; United States. - Marine Corps - Military life - History; Seafaring life - Gulf Coast (U.S.); United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Naval operations.; Gulf Coast (U.S.) - History, Naval - 19th century.; Gulf States - History, Military - 19th century.; Mexico, Gulf of - History, Naval - 19th century.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.; Gulf Coast (U.S.) - Description and travel.

Additional Author: Cotham, Edward T.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.758 G982

The diaries of Willam T. Clark of Chestnut Level, Drumore Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : Dating from his enlistment in Co. B 79th Penna. Vet. Vols. September 12, 1861 to November 30, 1865

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Author: Clark, William T.,

Date of Publication: 1988.

Call Number: 973.781 C596

, 1861 That being the date of my enlistment In the Army of the United States For The Suppression of Rebellion \ Priv. W. T. CLARK Co. B P.V. Volume One: September 12, 1861 To May 21, 1862 Prepared for the Lancaster County Historical Society, Lancaster, Pennsylvania By William G. and Janet B. Davis Pequea

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Responsibility: Transcribed by William G. Davis and Janet B. Davis.

Author: Clark, William T.,

Place of Publication: Computer printout

Date of Publication: 1988.

Physical Description: 10 vols. ; 28 cm.

Notes: "Transcribed from six volumes of daily entries while in the field with the U. S. Army of the West during the CIvil War, and three volumes of miscellaneous entries."; Library has v. 1-7; copy 2 (v.1-6 )has information about William Clark and the 79th Pennsylvania and computer disc inserted.

Contents: vol 1. 9/12/61 - 5/21/62 Enlistment; Departure; Louisville, Ky.; Tennessee; Raid into Alabama -- v. 2. 5/22/62 - 2/9/63 Tennessee; Kentucky; Battle of Chaplin Hills (Perryville, Ky.; Kentucky hospitals; Battle of Stones River (Murfreesboro), Tenn. -- v. 3. 2/10/63 - 10/4/63 Tennessee; Raid into Alabama; Furlough home to recruit during Battle of Gettysburg; Battle of Chickamauga, Tenn. -- v. 4. 10/5/63-6/10/64 Georgia; Tennessee; Battles of Missionary Ridge, Lookout Mountain, Ringgold, Tunnel Hill; Regimental furlough home; Battles of Resaca, Buzzard's Roost, Etoway, Georgia -- v. 5. 6/11/64 - 2/11/65 Battles of Kennesaw Mountain, Allatoona, Marietta; The campaign for Altanta; Sherman's March to the Sea;The campaign for Savannah -- v. 6. 2/12/65 - 11/30/65 North through the Carolinas; The capture of Columbia; Battle of Bentonsville, N. C.; Surrender of Gen. Johnston; March to Washinton via Richmond;Victory parade; Return to Chestnut Level -- v. 7. Company B muster list; Original roll of Company B; Reenlistment as Veteran Volunteers (2/8/64); Miscellaneous expenses from January 1864 -- v. 8. Lists of rations issued as Regimental Commissary Sergeant, 1865 -- v. 9. Addenda and maps; Brief histories of W. T. Clark, 79th Regt. P.V.V.; The Clark family; Information on a few persons of note mentioned in the diaries -- v. 10. Rewrite of volume one.

Subjects: Pennsylvania Infantry. - 87th Regiment, 1861-1864.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories - Pennsylvania Infantry - 79th.; Diaries.

Additional Author: Davis, William G.; Davis, Janet B.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.781 C596

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Eyewitness to the Civil War : the complete history from secession to Reconstruction

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17925

Date of Publication: c2006.

Call Number: 973.7 E97

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Responsibility: edited by Neil Kagan ; narrative by Stephen G. Hyslop ; introduction by Harris J. Andrews.

ISBN: 0792262069; 9780792262060; 9780792252801 (deluxe ed.); 0792252802 (deluxe ed.)

Place of Publication: Washington, D.C

Publisher: National Geographic,

Date of Publication: c2006.

Physical Description: 416 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 29 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 404-405) and index.

Contents: Prologue : A nation divided -- 1861 : First blood -- 1862 : Total war -- 1863 : Victory or death -- 1864 : Rebels under siege -- 1865 : The final act -- Epilogue : The nation reunited.

Summary: Records the military, political, social, and cultural history of the Civil War through photographs, artifacts, period illustrations, maps, essays by historians, and firsthand accounts.

Subjects: United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Pictorial works.

Additional Author: Kagan, Neil.; Hyslop, Stephen G.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.7 E97

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The Slaves' War : the Civil War in the words of former slaves

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21092

Making and remaking Pennsylvania's Civil War

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16627

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What this cruel war was over : soldiers, slavery, and the Civil War

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16817

Three years in the Bloody Eleventh : the campaigns of a Pennsylvania Reserves regiment

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11907

Mennonites, Amish, and the American Civil War

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18734

Pennsylvania soldier life, 1861-65

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2662

The encyclopedia of Civil War usage : an illustrated compendium of the everyday language of soldiers and civilians

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14018

The Southern journey of a Civil War marine : the illustrated note-book of Henry O. Gusley

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16966

The diaries of Willam T. Clark of Chestnut Level, Drumore Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : Dating from his enlistment in Co. B 79th Penna. Vet. Vols. September 12, 1861 to November 30, 1865

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4657

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Eyewitness to the Civil War : the complete history from secession to Reconstruction

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17925

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