TY - BOOK AU - McPherson,James M. TI - This mighty scourge: perspectives on the Civil War SN - 9780195313666 (hardcover : alk. paper) AV - E468 .M24 2007 U1 - 973.7 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - United States KW - History KW - Civil War, 1861-1865 N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-251) and index; Slavery and the coming of the war. And the war came ; Escape and revolt in black and white -- The lost cause revisited. The Confederacy : a house divided? ; Was the best defense a good offense? : Jefferson Davis and Confederate strategies ; The Saratoga that wasn't : the impact of Antietam abroad ; To conquer a peace? : Lee's goals in the Gettysburg campaign ; The last rebel : Jesse James ; Long-legged Yankee lies : the lost cause textbook crusade -- Architects of victory. "We stand by each other always" : Grant and Sherman ; The hard hand of war : Unvexed to the sea : Lincoln, Grant, and the Vicksburg campaign -- Home front and battle front. Brahmins at war ; "Spend much time in reading the daily papers" : the press and army morale in the Civil War ; No peace without victory, 1861-1865 -- Lincoln. To remember that he had lived ; "As commander-in-chief I have the right to take any measure which may best subdue the enemy UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip074/2006035523.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0725/2006035523-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0725/2006035523-d.html UR - http://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0f5s7-aa ER -