Keith D. Dickson - American Civil War For Dummies

18 Chapter 21FIGURE 21-1: William T. Sherman. FIGURE 21-2: Map of the Atlanta campaign. FIGURE 21-3: John B. Hood. FIGURE 21-4: Confederate fortifications outside of Atlanta. FIGURE 21-5: USS Hartford. FIGURE 21-6: The Battle of Mobile Bay. FIGURE 21-7: Sherman’s March to the Sea.

19 Chapter 23FIGURE 23-1: Fort Stedman. FIGURE 23-2: The Battle of Five Forks. FIGURE 23-3: Richmond after its capture. FIGURE 23-4: Lee's retreat from Petersburg to Appomattox. FIGURE 23-5: Lee at Appomattox. FIGURE 23-6: Abraham Lincoln in 1865, his face clearly showing the strains of w...FIGURE 23-7: Army of the Potomac II Corps Grand Review 1865. FIGURE 23-8: Regiment waiting to march. FIGURE 23-9: Unknown Union soldier. FIGURE 23-10: Unknown Union sailor. FIGURE 23-11: Unknown Confederate sailor. FIGURE 23-12: Unknown Confederate soldier.

20 Chapter 24FIGURE 24-1: Alexander Stephens.

21 Chapter 25FIGURE 25-1: Union sailors abord the USS New Hampshire.

22 Chapter 26FIGURE 26-1: Two soldiers show how they carried their supplies. FIGURE 26-2: Typical officer’s uniform. FIGURE 26-3: Confederate hospital in Richmond. FIGURE 26-4: Nurse Ann Burtis Hampton, Virginia 1864. FIGURE 26-5: Teamsters, Army of the James, 1864. FIGURE 26-6: A unit of U.S. Colored Troops. FIGURE 26-7: Ely Parker (shown on the left).

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It is interesting that for over 150 years, in times of controversy, public discourse has always turned to the Civil War. Everyone, it seems, is compelled to return to the war to highlight some aspect of an argument. This should not be surprising because the Civil War created the modern United States and defined the people who called themselves Americans. The war was a fundamental watershed in our history — marked by a staggering cost of 620,000 Union and Confederate casualties and 50,000 civilian deaths — defining both who we are as a nation and who we are as Americans. It is therefore natural that we continue to return to the war as a starting point for any discussion today about what America is and what America means.

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