The Long Road to Antietam: How the Civil War Became a Revolution
2013; Oxford University Press; Volume: 100; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1093/jahist/jat117
ISSN1945-2314
Autores Tópico(s)Race, History, and American Society
ResumoIn The Long Road to Antietam Richard Slotkin focuses on events in the summer and early fall of 1862 and the crucial alterations in the nature of the American Civil War that resulted from them. The author examines the convergence of both Union and Confederate agendas, beginning with Gen. George B. McClellan at the gates of Richmond and closing in the immediate aftermath of the Maryland campaign. The volume sustains its basic premise: during this period the primary decision makers in the Confederacy—President Jefferson Davis and Gen. Robert E. Lee—saw the benefits of shifting the focus of military action away from the Confederate capital in a bold gamble to relieve pressure on central Virginia and encourage border-state sympathizers and potential supporters in Europe to embrace the Southern cause. At the same time, principal Union leaders grappled with conflicting political imperatives and attitudes regarding a prospective shift in the underlying philosophies meant to sustain the Union war effort.
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