Read Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era Online
Authors: James M. McPherson
Tags: #General, #History, #United States, #Civil War Period (1850-1877), #United States - History - Civil War; 1861-1865, #United States - History - Civil War; 1861-1865 - Campaigns
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era (196 page)
and Compromise of 1850,
74
–75
and fugitive slave law,
86
–88,
120
death of, in North,
121
,
125
,
126
persistence of under different names, in wartime South,
689
,
691
–92.
See also
Elections
Wigfall, Louis,
647
secessionist,
250
urges attack on Fort Sumter,
273
supports conscription,
430
critic of Davis,
691
opposes arming of blacks,
836
Wilderness, battle of,
724
–26,
729
,
731
,
845
Williamsburg, battle of,
427
Wilmot Proviso,
4
,
52
–60,
62
,
65
–67,
104
,
138
Wilson, James H.,
825
Wilson, Woodrow,
854
Wilson's Creek, battle of,
351
–52,
362
,
370
,
413
Winchester: 1st battle of (1862),
457
,
458
Ewell's capture of, at 2nd battle (1863),
648
3rd battle of (1864),
777
Winslow, John,
5
Winthrop, Robert,
67
Wise, Henry: threatens secession in 1856,
158
and John Brown,
208
on secession as revolution,
240
–41
and Virginia's secession,
279
operations in Western Virginia,
301
–2
confidence in southern military prowess,
316
–17
Confederate general,
328
at Roanoke Island,
372
–73
Women: and antebellum economy,
7
,
13
,
14
,
22
,
23
,
33
and decline of birth rate,
9
–10,
34
–35
and cult of domesticity,
34
and education,
35
–36
in wartime economy,
449
–50
and medical care in Civil War armies,
477
–84
Women's Central Association for Relief,
480
,
481
Woodward, George W.,
684
–85,
688
Wright, Rebecca,
777
Yancey, William Lowndes,
259
campaigns for secession in 1851,
86
and for reopening African slave trade,
102
at 1860 Democratic convention,
215
Confederate diplomat,
387
–89
Yates, Richard,
595
Yellow Tavern, battle of,
728
Table of Contents
Prologue From the Halls of Montezuma
1 The United States at Midcentury
6 Mudsills and Greasy Mechanics for A. Lincoln
8 The Counterrevolution of 1861
9 Facing Both Ways: The Upper South's Dilemma
11 Farewell to the Ninety Days' War
12 Blockade and Beachhead: The Salt-Water War, 1861–1862
15 Billy Yank's Chickahominy Blues
16 We Must Free the Slaves or Be Ourselves Subdued
17 Carry Me Back to Old Virginny
19 Three Rivers in Winter, 1862–1863
21 Long Remember: The Summer of '63
22 Johnny Reb's Chattanooga Blues
23 When This Cruel War Is Over
25 After Four Years of Failure
26 We Are Going To Be Wiped Off the Earth
27 South Carolina Must Be Destroyed
Epilogue To the Shoals of Victory
Table of Contents
Prologue From the Halls of Montezuma
1 The United States at Midcentury
6 Mudsills and Greasy Mechanics for A. Lincoln
8 The Counterrevolution of 1861
9 Facing Both Ways: The Upper South's Dilemma
11 Farewell to the Ninety Days' War
12 Blockade and Beachhead: The Salt-Water War, 1861–1862
15 Billy Yank's Chickahominy Blues
16 We Must Free the Slaves or Be Ourselves Subdued
17 Carry Me Back to Old Virginny
19 Three Rivers in Winter, 1862–1863
21 Long Remember: The Summer of '63
22 Johnny Reb's Chattanooga Blues
23 When This Cruel War Is Over
25 After Four Years of Failure
26 We Are Going To Be Wiped Off the Earth
27 South Carolina Must Be Destroyed
Epilogue To the Shoals of Victory
Table of Contents
Prologue From the Halls of Montezuma
1 The United States at Midcentury
6 Mudsills and Greasy Mechanics for A. Lincoln
8 The Counterrevolution of 1861
9 Facing Both Ways: The Upper South's Dilemma
11 Farewell to the Ninety Days' War
12 Blockade and Beachhead: The Salt-Water War, 1861–1862
15 Billy Yank's Chickahominy Blues
16 We Must Free the Slaves or Be Ourselves Subdued
17 Carry Me Back to Old Virginny
19 Three Rivers in Winter, 1862–1863
21 Long Remember: The Summer of '63
22 Johnny Reb's Chattanooga Blues
23 When This Cruel War Is Over
25 After Four Years of Failure
26 We Are Going To Be Wiped Off the Earth