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| Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Print Across the Divide: Union Soldiers View the Northern Home Front |
| Material Type: | Document |
| Document Type: | Book, Computer File |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Steven J Ramold |
| OCLC Number: | 941187937 |
| Notes: | Book. |
| Description: | 1 online resource |
| Contents: | Contents Acknowledgments ixIntroduction 11. "Such a Dirty Set of Creatures": The Divide between 7Union Soldiers and Civilians 2. "A Land of All Men and No Women": Soldiers and 33the Gender Divide 3. "This Is an Abolition War": Soldiers, Civilians, and 55the Purpose of War 4. "A Sin to Join the Army": The Debate over Conscription 875. "The Ranting of the Black-Hearted Villains": Soldiers 115and the Anti-War Movement 6. "The Sky of Our Political Horizon": Soldiers, Civilians, 143and the Reelection of Abraham Lincoln Epilogue 169Notes 173Bibliography 199Index 217About the Author 22 |
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The book is well written and well researched, particularly in manuscript collections...[T]his volume should be welcomed by those interested in the Civil War North. * Journal of the Civil War Era * Across the Divideis an excellent addition to the field of Civil War history. It forces us to reconsider how we understand the experiences of Union soldiers in the war and how they saw themselves within a northern society undergoing dramatic social and political changes. * Michigan War Studies Review * ...deserves credit for drawing attention to interesting questions. -- Chandra Manning * The Journal of American History * Across the Divideis an important book that paints a powerful picture of important sources of Northern military-civilian disharmony during the Civil War. -- Andrew Wagenhoffer * On Point: The Journal of Army History * Despite numerous studies of the Civil War home front, no one has written on soldiers attitudes toward the home front at monograph length until now....Ramold has done the Civil War community a great service raising issues, and every Civil War scholar should read this book. -- Samuel Watson * Civil War Book Review * Disputes the old argument that citizen-soldiers in the Union Army differed little from civilians. He shows how a chasm of mutual distrust grew between soldiers and civilians during four years of fighting that led many Democratic soldiers to abandon the party of their fathers, embrace emancipation as a war aim, and build the groundwork for the postwar Republican Party. Filled with gripping anecdotes, this book makes for fascinating reading. -- Scott Reynolds Nelson,Legum Professor of History, College of William & Mary Filled with superb research. -- S. Gac * Choice * In each chapter Ramold does a nice job of offering concise summaries of crucial contextual material on the home front, before moving on to illustrative comments from soldiers' letters and diaries....The result is an engaging read, full of fine detail... -- J. Matthew Gallman * American Historical Review * In this fascinating book, Steven J. Ramold shows how Union soldiers perceived and judged the wartime behavior of the Northern populace, a process that bred anger, fear, and resentment and deepened the divide separating those in the ranks fighting against the rebels from those at home seemingly rebelling against the fight. A captivating and welcome study of an underappreciated yet significant facet of the Union war effort. -- William B. Feis,Buena Vista University Overall, this is an extremely engaging study and a valuable contribution to an important issue. -- Barbara A. Gannon * Register of the Kentucky Historical Society * Ramold poses an important question and makes a good...start on our appreciation of the differences between Northern civilizations and soldiers. -- James Marten * Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography * Read more...
