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Paperback A History of the United States: Volume VI: The War for Southern Independence, 1849-1865 Book

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A History of the United States: Volume VI: The War for Southern Independence, 1849-1865

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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE The seminal final volume of Edward Channing''s A History of the United States - The War for Southern Independence, 1849-1865 "Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure." - Abraham Lincoln In the sixth and final volume of Edward Channing''s monumental A History of the United States , he outlines the critical period of American history which needs little introduction: the American Civil War. This immensely readable work is an account of the conflict - the deadliest in American history-fought from 1861 to 1865 due to irreconcilable differences between the Northern free and Southern slave states regarding the power of the Federal government to restrict the spread of slavery. Yet Channing starts the narrative in 1849, offering thorough insight into the earliest tensions that would eventually boil to over to bloodshed - including the failures of the preceding Polk, Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, and Buchanan administrations to prevent the war that would become the battle for the soul of the nation. It was Abraham Lincoln''s election as the first Republican president in 1860 on an anti-slavery platform which prompted seven slave states in the deep South to secede and form the Confederate States of America, which Lincoln (and most Northerners) refused to acknowledge. The firing on Fort Sumter by Confederate forces on April 12, 1861, marked quickly escalated into a massive armed conflict that spanned 1200 miles, involved nearly a million soldiers, and resulted in the death of 600,000 soldiers and civilians alike. The real fighting began in 1862, with Channing outlining major clashes including Shiloh, Gaines'' Mill, Second Manassas, Fredericksburg, and Antietam. By 1864, the Union''s initial pursuit of a limited war to restore the Union gave way to a new strategy of "total war" aimed at destroying the Old South and ending slavery. After years of bloody conflict, Robert E. Lee''s Army of Northern Virginia was finally defeated by Ulysses S. Grant''s Union Army at Appomattox in April 1865, while General William Tecumseh Sherman led his army deep into the heart of the Confederacy, destroying its economic infrastructure - particularly the burning of Atlanta, Georgia. By the spring of 1865, all major Confederate armies had surrendered, and the war ended when Union forces captured Confederate President Jefferson Davis on May 10, 1865. The process of rebuilding the nation soon began, which aimed to create a united country free of slavery. This outstanding work offers the definitive account of the conflict. Throughout the volume - and indeed, all six publications - Channing leverages his unparalleled primary sources and historical analysis to provide a comprehensive and nuanced understanding of the key events and figures that shaped American history. His research and judicious analysis have made this work the gold standard for a history of the Civil War for decades - and represents a thorough and engaging exploration of the nation''s past. *** Chapters Include: 1. A DIVIDED COUNTRY 2. CALIFORNIA, OREGON, AND JAPAN 3. THE COMPROMISE OF 1850 4. FUGITIVE SLAVES AND UNCLE TOM''S CABIN 5. PARTIES, POLITICS, AND POLITICIANS, 1848-1859 6. BLEEDING KANSAS 7. THE DECIDING YEAR OF 1857 8. THE IMPENDING CRISIS AND JOHN BROWN 9. ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND THE ELECTION OF 1860 10. SECESSION 11. FROM SUMTER TO BULL RUN 12. COTTON IS KING 13. THE DECISION OF THE OHIO VALLEY 14. THE CONDUCT OF THE WAR 15. FROM BULL RUN TO GETTYSBURG 16. THE WAR ON THE WATER AND TRADE WITH THE ENEMY 17. THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION 18. FROM VICKSBURG TO THE SEA 19. THE ELECTION OF 1864 20. THE COLLAPSE OF THE CONFEDERACY

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