The American Civil War: A Visual History

Contents 4
AN IMPERFECT UNION 1815 – 1860 10
Introduction 12
Timeline 14
The State of the Nation 16
A Question of Union 20
Slavery Divides the Country 22
FREDERICK DOUGLASS 24
The Fury of Abolition 26
SLAVE AUCTION 28
Bleeding Kansas 30
The Rise of the Republican Party 32
The Raid at Harpers Ferry 34
The Election of 1860 36
ABRAHAM LINCOLN 38
SECESSION TRIGGERS WAR 1861 40
Introduction 42
Timeline 44
The Union is Dissolved 46
JEFFERSON DAVIS 48
The Call to Arms 50
FORT SUMTER 52
The South’s Challenge 54
UNION AND CONFEDERATE FLAGS 56
Raising Armies 58
The First Battle of Bull Run 60
FIRST ENCOUNTER 62
Organizing for the Fight 64
GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN 66
The Sinews of War 68
Missouri and Kentucky 70
Blockading the South 72
Courting European Allies 76
CLASH OF ARMIES 1862 78
Introduction 80
Timeline 82
Soldiers in Gray 84
CONFEDERATE UNIFORMS 86
Soldiers in Blue 88
UNION UNIFORMS 90
Fighting on Foot 92
The Battle of Hampton Roads 94
The Fall of New Orleans 96
DAVID FARRAGUT 98
Action on the Mississippi River 100
CSS ARKANSAS RUNS THROUGH THE UNION FLEET 102
Grant takes Forts Henry and Donelson 104
The Battle of Shiloh 106
THE HORNET’S NEST AT SHILOH 108
Jackson in the Shenandoah Valley 110
THOMAS J. JACKSON 112
RIFLES AND MUSKETS 114
The Peninsula Campaign 116
The Seven Days Battles 118
The Second Battle of Bull Run 120
LONGSTREET’S FLANK ATTACK AT 122
ROBERT E. LEE 124
Lee Invades Maryland 126
FIELD ARTILLERY 128
Espionage and Intelligence 130
The Battle of Antietam 132
BURNSIDE’S BRIDGE AT ANTIETAM 134
Burnside Takes the Offensive 136
The Far West 140
Bragg Invades Kentucky 142
BRAXTON BRAGG 144
THE BATTLE OF STONES RIVER 146
Cavalry in the Civil War Important element for both sides. South initially 148
CAVALRY EQUIPMENT 152
THE UNION TIGHTENS ITS GRIP 1863 154
Introduction 156
Timeline 158
The Emancipation Proclamation 160
African-Americans in the War 162
JOURNEY TO FREEDOM 164
HARRIET TUBMAN 166
The Role of Black Troops 168
ASSAULT ON FORT WAGNER 170
Immigrants in the Ranks 172
The Battle of Chancellorsville 174
THE DEATH OF JACKSON 176
Lee Advances North 178
The Battle of Gettysburg 180
LITTLE ROUND TOP 184
JAMES LONGSTREET 186
The Vicksburg Campaign 190
SURRENDER AT VICKSBURG 194
ULYSSES S. GRANT 196
The Home Front 198
War-weary People 200
RIOTS IN NEW YORK 202
Medicine and Medical Services 204
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT 206
CLARA BARTON 208
The Chickamauga Campaign 210
The Chattanooga Campaign 214
GEORGE H. THOMAS 216
The Railroad in War 218
Communications 220
Guerrillas and Partisans 224
Operations in the Indian Territory and Texas 226
THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS 228
GRANT, SHERMAN, AND TOTAL WAR 1864 230
Introduction 232
Timeline 234
Lincoln Prevails 236
The Wilderness Campaign 238
IN THE TRENCHES AT SPOTSYLVANIA 242
Photography in the War 244
Maneuvering toward Richmond 248
JEB STUART 250
PISTOLS 252
Rebel Victories 254
Prisoners of War 256
ANDERSONVILLE PRISON CAMP 258
The Battle of Cold Harbor 260
Grant Advances to Petersburg 262
Supply, Transportation, and Logistics 264
The Valley Campaign 268
PHILIP SHERIDAN 270
SHERIDAN’S RIDE 272
The Siege of Petersburg 274
Siege Artillery and Siege Warfare 276
THE BATTLE OF THE CRATER 278
Naval Developments 280
Confederate Raiders 282
THE DUEL OF THE ALABAMA AND THE KEARSARGE 284
The Battle of Mobile Bay 286
Mississippi Operations 288
NATHAN BEDFORD FORREST 290
Sherman’s Advance to Atlanta 292
Sherman’s March to the Sea 296
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN 298
Franklin and Nashville 300
COLLAPSE OF THE CONFEDERACY 1865 302
Introduction 304
Timeline 306
The Thirteenth Amendment 308
The Carolinas and Alabama 310
The Fall of Petersburg and Richmond 314
The Appomattox Campaign 316
SURRENDER AT APPOMATTOX 318
The Assassination of Lincoln 320
THE LAST HOURS OF LINCOLN 322
Last Terms of Surrender 324
ANDREW JOHNSON 326
LEGACIES OF THE WAR 1865-1877 328
Introduction 330
Timeline 332
The Cost of the War 334
The Politics of Reconstruction 338
The Reality of Black Freedom 340
“Redeeming” the South 342
The End of Reconstruction 344
THE TRAVIS PANORAMA 346
The War Remembered 348
In Their Footsteps 350
Index 376
Acknowledgments 383