Title The collapse of the Confederacy / edited by Mark Grimsley and Brooks D. Simpson

Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2001

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Description 1 online resource (201 pages) : maps Series Key issues of the Civil War era Key issues of the Civil War era. Contents The last function of government : Confederate collapse and negotiated peace / Steven E. Woodworth -- Learning to say "enough" : Southern generals and the final weeks of the Confederacy / Mark Grimsley -- Facilitating defeat : the Union high command and the collapse of the Confederacy / Brooks D. Simpson -- Jefferson Davis and the "guerilla option" : a reexamination / William B. Feis -- Despair, hope, and delusion : the collapse of Confederate morale reexamined / George C. Rable -- Did Confederate women lose the war? Deprivation, destruction, and despair on the home front / Jean V. Berlin Summary Practically all Civil War historians agree that after the fall of Atlanta in September 1864 and Lincoln's triumphant reelection in November, the South had no remaining chance to make good its independence. Well aware that Appomattox and Durham Station were close at hand, historians have treated the war's final months in a fashion that smacks strongly of denouement: the great, tragic conflict rolls on to its now-certain end. Certain, that is, to us, but deeply uncertain to the millions of Northerners and Southerners who lived through the anxious days of early 1865. The final months of the Confederacy offer fascinating opportunities-as a case study in war termination, as a period that shaped the initial circumstances of Reconstruction, and as a lens through which to analyze Southern society at its most stressful moment. The Collapse of the Confederacy collects six essays that explore how popular expectations, national strategy, battlefield performance, and Confederate nationalism affected Confederate actions during the final months of the conflict Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject HISTORY. Military campaigns Politics and government Social aspects Social conditions Amerikaanse burgeroorlog. SUBJECT Confederate States of America -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85030843 Confederate States of America -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85030856 Confederate States of America -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85030860 United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140216 United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects Subject United States United States -- Confederate States of America Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Grimsley, Mark Simpson, Brooks D LC no. 00059969 ISBN 080320065X 9780803200654 1280423994 9781280423994 9786610423996 6610423997

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