Introduction
INTRODUCTION by Chris Mackowski and Kristopher D. White Commentary · Acknowledgments for the Online Edition Commentary Chris Kolakowski, Chief Historian, Emerging Civil War ECW’s Turning Points of the American Civil War examines several key turning points of the conflict. Fine writing by some great historians explains each turning point while the introductory essays provide some […]
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· CHAPTER ONE: “Confidence Renewed: Surviving Bull Run and the Birth of the Army of the Potomac” by Robert Orrison Commentary · Images · Additional Resources · Suggested Reading · About the Author Commentary By Brian Matthew Jordan, co-editor, “Engaging the Civil War” Series On April 1, 1862, Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner offered a resolution […]
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Turning Pointsof the American Civil WarChris Mackowski andKristopher D. White, editorsForeword by Thomas A. Desjardin “Engaging the Civil War” SeriesSouthern Illinois University Press, 2017Click here for ordering information Contributors to this collection, public historians with experience at Civil War battle sites, examine key shifts in the Civil War and the context surrounding them to show […]
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CHAPTER TWO: “Unintended Consequences: Ball’s Bluff and the Rise of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War” by James Morgan III Commentary · Images · Additional Resources · About the Author Commentary By Brian Matthew Jordan, co-editor, “Engaging the Civil War” Series Perched above a snarl in the Potomac River not terribly far […]
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CHAPTER THREE: “Defeated Victory: Albert Sidney Johnston’s Death at Shiloh” by Gregory A. Mertz Commentary · Images · Additional Resources · Suggested Reading · About the Author Commentary By Brian Matthew Jordan, co-editor, “Engaging the Civil War” Series Sunday, April 6, 1862 found Cyrus Boyd six hundred fifty miles but a world away from Indianola, Iowa, […]
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CHAPTER FOUR: “’The Heavyest Blow Yet Given the Confederacy’: The Emancipation Proclamation Changes the Civil War” by Kevin Pawlak Commentary · Images · Additional Resources · Suggested Reading · About the Author Commentary By Brian Matthew Jordan, co-editor, “Engaging the Civil War” Series Students will sometimes ask me, “If you could time travel and witness one […]
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CHAPTER FIVE: “The Cresting Tide: Robert E. Lee and the Road to Chancellorsville” by Kristopher D. White Commentary · Images · Additional Resources · Suggested Reading · About the Author Commentary By Brian Matthew Jordan, co-editor, “Engaging the Civil War” Series Noah Brooks remembered that May afternoon in vivid detail. “Never as long as I […]
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CHAPTER SIX: “Vicksburg: The Victory That Unleashed Ulysses S. Grant” by Daniel T. Davis Commentary · Images · Additional Resources · Suggested Reading · About the Author Commentary By Brian Matthew Jordan, co-editor, “Engaging the Civil War” Series On June 24, 1863, The Middletown Constitution carried the news of “one of the most horrible combats […]
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CHAPTER SEVEN: “’Oh, I Am Heartily Tired of Hearing about What Lee Is Going to Do’: Ulysses S. Grant in the Wilderness” by Ryan Longfellow Commentary · Images · Additional Resources · Suggested Reading Commentary By Brian Matthew Jordan, co-editor, “Engaging the Civil War” Series On Saturday, July 22, 2017, I stood at the intersection of […]
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