Illinois in the Civil War
Illinois in the Civil War

Author: Victor Hicken

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 468

ISBN-13: 9780252061653

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Victor Hicken tells the richly detailed story of the common soldiers who marched from Illinois to fight and die on Civil War battlefields. The second edition of the 1966 classic includes a new preface, twenty-four illustrations, and a twenty-five-page addendum to the bibliography that provides many new sources of information on Illinois regiments.

The American Civil War
The American Civil War

Author: Peter J. Parish

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-12-06

Total Pages: 806

ISBN-13: 100028218X

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Originally published in 1975, this assessment of the American Civil War is a broad treatment of the war as a major historical event, set in the context of a detailed picture of two governments, economies and societies at war. It discusses many controversial topics - the uncertainty and hesitation that surrounded the origins of the war, for example, its economic impact, the Radicals and their relationship with Lincoln and reconstruction as a wartime issue. It offers acute analysis of Lincoln’s political skills, and an evaluation of emancipation and Lincoln’s approach to it; the problems and performance of the opposition during the war; international reactions; an assessment of some of the leading generals like McClellan and Lee and the impact of the war on both Southern and Northern society.

The American Railroad Network, 1861-1890
The American Railroad Network, 1861-1890

Author: George Rogers Taylor

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 1956

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 9780252071140

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Rapid population growth in the Great Plains and the American West after the Civil War was the result not only of railroad expansion but of a collaboration among competing railroads to adopt a uniform width for track. This title shows how the consolidation of smaller railroads and the growth of capitalism worked to unify the railroad industry.