Review essay

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Two books from prominent historians Gary Gallagher and James McPherson have joined a number of other interesting books on the American Civil War published in the 1990s. These two writers address, with different degrees of success, issues which are central to an understanding of the Civil War, including the reasons behind the will to fight and explanations for the Confederacy's longevity in battle. The books support the thesis that the American Civil War should be perceived, not as the first modern war, but as an unparalleled war, related specifically to its time and place.

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The political culture of emancipation: morality, politics, and the state in Garrisonian Abolitionism, 1854-1863

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The political ideology of Garrisonian abolitionists during the Civil War was to incorporate social relevance into the public policy. Although the Garrisonians emphasized emancipation as the cause of the Civil War rather than the liberation of the Union, most people did not accept the view. The Garrisonians also incorporated their ideas of social reforms into the ideology of the North. The inclusion of politics and social reform in the moral ideology of the Garrisonians was due to the political instability at that time which gave the abolitionist new roles.

Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Abolitionists

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Writing during wartime: gender and literacy in the American Civil War

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It is commonly believed that war-texts of the American Civil War are generally written by men to women at home, but this is a false presumption that persists despite vast evidence to the contrary. Many women were eyewitnesses to battle and its after-effects and wrote about their lives during the Civil War era. The wartime stories of women continue to be suppressed in order to reinforce traditional gender literacy.

Demographic aspects, Civil war, Records and correspondence, Women in war

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