Lorien Foote: 3 books
The Yankee Plague
Escaped Union Prisoners and the Collapse of the Confederacy
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2016
During the winter of 1864, more than 3,000 Federal prisoners of war escaped from Confederate prison camps into South Carolina and North Carolina, often with the aid of local slaves. Their flight created, in the words of contemporary observers, a "Yankee plague," heralding a grim end to the Confederate...
The Gentlemen and the Roughs
Violence, Honor, and Manhood in the Union Army
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
During the Civil War, the Union army—like the society from which it sprang—appeared cohesive enough to withstand four years of grueling war against the Confederates and to claim victory in 1865. But fractiousness bubbled below the surface of the North’s presumably united front. Internal fissures...
So Conceived and So Dedicated
Intellectual Life in the Civil War-Era North
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
“Outstanding essays” exploring how educated Northerners viewed, and discussed, the Civil War (Michael B. Ballard, Civil War News).
With contributions from multiple historians, this volume addresses the role intellectuals played in framing the Civil War and implementing their vision of a...