Gary W. Gallagher

The myth of the lost cause and Civil War history

Introduction, Gary W. Gallagher The Anatomy of the Myth, Alan T. Nolan Jubal A. Early, The Lost Cause and Civil War History, A Persistent Legacy, Gary W. Gallagher Is Our Love for Wade Hampton Foolishness?: South Carolina and the Lost Cause, Charles J. Holden These Few Gray-haired, Battle Scarred Veterans: Confederate Army Reunions in Georgia (1885-1895), Keith S. Bohannon New South Visionaries: Virginias Last Generation of Slaveholders: The Gospel of Progress and the Lost Cause, Peter J. Carmichael James Longstreet and the Lost Cause, Jeffrey D. Wert Continuous Hammering and Mere Attrition: Lost Cause Critics and the Military Reputation of Ulysses S. Grant, Brooks D. Simpson Let the People See the Old Life as It Was: Lasalle Corbell Pickett and the Myth of the Lost Cause, Lesley J. Gordon The Immortal Confederacy: Another Look at Lost Cause Religion, Lloyd A. Hunter

The Antietam Campaign

This book provides new insights into the bloodiest day of the Civil War.The Maryland campaign of September 1862 ranks among the most important military operations of the American Civil War. The climactic clash came on September 17 at the battle of Antietam, where more than 23,000 men fell in the single bloodiest day of the war. Exploring topics related to Lees and McClellans operations from a variety of perspectives, contributors to this volume examine questions of military leadership, strategy, and tactics; the performance of untried military units; and the ways in which the battle has been remembered. The contributors are William A. Blair, Keith S. Bohannon, Peter S. Carmichael, Gary W. Gallagher, Lesley J. Gordon, D. Scott Hartwig, Robert E. L. Krick, Robert K. Krick, Carol Reardon, and Brooks D. Simpson. The editor is Gary W. Gallagher.

Building a legend and prolonging a war: Another look at two of Robert E. Lee's victories

Second Manassas and Chancellorsville marked important milestones in Robert E. Lees rise to preeminence among Confederate generals. Lee achieved success against long odds in both operations because of his talent and audacity, superior performances from subordinates, and incompetentUnion generalship. His victories, in turn, lifted Confederate civilian morale and helped lay the groundwork for a popular belief that the nascent nations future depended to a significant degree on him and his army. Return to Bull Run and Chancellorsville 1863 present the first modern treatments of these events. Between them, they illustrate the strengths of good campaign history as well as weaknesses that have led many academic historians to criticize the genre as a whole. Hennessys book draws on an impressive array of unpublished material and ranks with the best work of its kind. It begins with a discussion of political and military concerns that shaped the Lincoln administrations decision to open a second front in Virginia inJuly 1862. While George B. McClellans Army of the Potomac remained below Richmond, John Pope transferred from the Mississippi to lead the new Union Army of Virginia in the northern part of the state. Popes Republican politics placed him at odds with McClellan and other Democrats, and he issued orders that alienated conservatives in the Union army. He called for seizure of rebel property, punishment of anyone sheltering Confederate guerrillas, and other actions that intimidated civilians in Virginia. Usually portrayed as an inept braggart whose threats against Confederate civilians betrayed a roguish personality, Pope emerges in Hennessys analysis