The Civil War

by James I. Robertson

THE CIVIL WAR

by
JAMES I. ROBERTSON, JR.

Washington 25, D. C.
U. S. Civil War Centennial Commission
1963

EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD

Alma E. Anderson, Social Studies Department, Robert E. Lee Junior High School, Danville, Va. E. Merton Coulter, Professor-Emeritus of History, University of Georgia, Athens William M. Grant, History Department, Upper Arlington High School, Columbus, O. Richard Harwell, Librarian, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Me. William B. Hesseltine, Professor of History, University of Wisconsin, Madison Daniel W. Hollis, Professor of History, University of South Carolina, Columbia Stanley F. Horn, Chairman, Tennessee Civil War Centennial Commission, Nashville William M. Lamers, Assistant Superintendent, Milwaukee Public Schools A. B. Moore, Professor-Emeritus of History, University of Alabama, University Allan Nevins, Chairman, U. S. Civil War Centennial Commission, San Marino, Cal. Mary G. Oliver, History Department, George Washington High School, Danville, Va. Glenn A. Rich, Director, Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, Ohio Department of Education, Columbus Bell I. Wiley, Professor of History, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga. T. Harry Williams, Professor of History, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge Hazel C. Wolf, History Department, Manual High School, Peoria, Ill.

FOREWORD

Thousands of student requests for information on the Civil War prompted the publication of this booklet. Its purpose is to present in simple language a survey of the eleven most popular aspects of the 1861-1865 conflict. This guide is intended as a supplement, not a substitute, for American history textbooks.

Space limitations prevented mention of each of the 6,000 engagements of the Civil War. Thus, while such actions as the battle of Picacho Pass, Ariz., and Quantrill’s sacking of Lawrence, Kan., had import for their particular locales, they of necessity had to be omitted. In those battles herein discussed, statistics for armies and losses are those generally accepted. The map midway in the booklet may help familiarize the student with the various theaters of military operations. After each section is a list of works recommended for those who desire more detailed information on the subject.

Relatively little consideration of the political, economic, and social history of the period was possible within the limits of this small work. However, the Commission can supply upon request and without charge the following pamphlets treating in part of those subjects: Emancipation Centennial, 1962: A Brief Anthology of the Preliminary Proclamation; Free Homesteads for All Americans: The Homestead Act of 1862, by Paul W. Gates; The Origins of the Land-Grant Colleges and State Universities, by Allan Nevins; and Our Women of the Sixties, by Sylvia G. L. Dannett and Katharine M. Jones.