1. The American Promise: A History of the United States Fourth Edition
Roark • Johnson • Cohen • Stage • Hartmann • Lawson
The American Promise: A History of the United States Fourth Edition
CHAPTER 15
The Crucible of War
1861–1865
Copyright © 2009 by Bedford/St. Martin’s

2. “And the War Came”
Attack on Fort Sumter
The Upper South Chooses Sides

3. The Combatants
How They Expected to Win
Lincoln and Davis Mobilize

4. Battling It Out, 1861–1862 Stalemate in the Eastern Theater
Union Victories in the Western Theater
The Atlantic Theater
International Diplomacy

5. Union and Freedom From Slaves to Contraband
From Contraband to Free People
War of Black Liberation

6. The South at War Revolution from Above Hardship Below
The Disintegration of Slavery

7. The North at War The Government and the Economy
Women and Work on the Home Front
Politics and Dissent

8. Grinding Out Victory, 1863–1865 Vicksburg and Gettysburg
Grant Takes Command
The Election of 1864
The Confederacy Collapses

9. Chapter 15 The Crucible of War: 1861–1865
Map 15.1 Secession, 1860–1861 (p. 514)
Map 15.2 The Civil War, 1861–1862 (p. 519)
Map 15.3 The Civil War, 1863–1865 (p. 541)
Map 15.4 The Election of 1864 (p. 544)
Figure 15.1 Resources of the Union and Confederacy (p. 516)
Figure 15.2 Civil War Deaths (p. 542)
Global Comparison: European Cotton Imports, 1860–1870 (p. 525)
Excavating for a New Junction at Devereux Station, Virginia (p. 517)
The Minié Ball (p. 518)
The Dead of Antietam (p. 521)
Human Contraband (p. 528)
Confederate Soldiers and Their Slaves (p. 531)
Union Ordnance, Yorktown, Virginia (p. 536)
Wounded Men at Savage’s Station (p. 543)
Richmond, Virginia, 1865 (p. 547)