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Description edit
The story of the Confederate States of America, the proslavery, antidemocratic nation created by white Southern slaveholders to protect their property, has been told many times in heroic and martial narratives. Now, however, Stephanie McCurry tells a very different tale of the Confederate... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Jefferson Davis: First and only president of the Confederacy; former U.S. senator from Mississippi
- Abraham Lincoln: Elected as the 16th president of the United States; condemned by Confederates as a "Black Republican" president
- Zebulon Vance: Add a description of this character.
- Robert E. Lee
- Butler
- Joseph Brown
- Kimball
- Gowrie
- War Seddon
- Margaret Smith
- Mary Greenhow Lee
- Jones
- Domingue
- Mary Jackson
- Grimball
- Magruder
- Alexander Stephens: A Unionist prior to the southern secessions; became vice president of the Confederacy
- Barksdale
- Charles Manigault
- Allen
- Moore
- Jack Savage
- Monroe
- Pettus
- Owens
- Yancey
- Morton
- Benjamin
- John Letcher
- Scott
- Caperton
- Harper
- Clark
- William Webb
- Milroy
- Taney
- Louis Manigault
- Henry Wise
- Townsend
Setting & Locations edit
- West Virginia: West Virginia was a Unionist stronghold in Virginia. After Virginia seceded from the Union, West Virginia seceded from Virginia and applied for statehood in the Union.
- Georgia: There was no mandate for secession in Georgia. The governor abused his authority by presenting false results from votes on secession
- North Carolina
- South Carolina: First state to secede from the Union
- Richmond
- Mississippi Valley
- Union
- Alabama
- United States Of America
- Louisiana
- Cleburne
- Confederate States Of America
- Winchester
- Charleston
- Atlanta
- Kentucky
- Tennessee
- New Orleans
- Upper South
- Florida
- Salisbury
- Savannah
- Washington
- Shenandoah Valley
- Missouri
- Vicksburg
- Beaufort
- Mississippi River
- Silk Hope
- Wilmington
- Arkansas
- Brierfield
- Cuba
- Pensacola
- Montgomery
- Maryland
- Fremont
- Southern
- Cobb
- Berryville
- Haiti
- C.s.a.
- Macon
- Greenville
- Lower South
- Atlantic
First Sentence edit
THE CIVIL WAR BEGAN with a political campaign as complicated as any in American history.
Table of Contents edit
Prologue: The Confederate Project 1
1. Who Are the People? 11
2. The Brothers' War 38
3. Antigone's Claim 85
4. Soldiers' Wives and the Politics of Subsistence 133
5. Women Numerous and Armed 178
6. "Amor Patriae" 218
7. "Our Open Enemies" 263
8. The Fall 310
Epilogue: Confederate Reckoning
Glossary edit
- Bread Riots: Women in 12 different Confederate cities protested extortion and high prices of basic items by attacking and looting merchants while armed with knives, guns, and hatchets.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Stephanie McCurry (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 9780674045897
Page Count: 449
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 9780674045897
Page Count: 449
Awards edit
- Avery O. Craven Award (2011)
- Merle Curti Award (2011)
- Pulitzer Prize (Finalist, 2011: History)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: E487 .M18 2010
- Dewey: 973.71
Subjects edit
- Books › History › Americas › United States › Civil War › Confederacy
- Books › History › Americas › United States › State & Local › South
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Special Groups › Ethnic Studies
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Special Groups › African-American Studies
- Books › Nonfiction › Women's Studies › History
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