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  • Decision in the Heartland: The Civil War in the West

    Decision in the Heartland by Woodworth, Steven E.;

    The Civil War in the West

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    • Publisher University of Nebraska Press
    • Date of Publication 1 July 2011
    • Number of Volumes Trade Paperback

    • ISBN 9780803236264
    • Binding Paperback
    • See also 9780275987596
    • No. of pages202 pages
    • Size 229x152 mm
    • Weight 666 g
    • Language English
    • Illustrations 24 illustrations, 7 maps
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    The verdict is in: the Civil War was won in the West, that is, in the nation's heartland, between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River. Contrary to much popular literature, serious scholars have determined in one careful study after another the pivotal importance of what was, at the time of the Civil War, the western United States. In this fast-paced overview, Steven E. Woodworth presents his case for the decisiveness of that theater.
    Overwhelming evidence now indicates that western campaigns cost the Confederacy vast territories, the manufacturing center of Nashville, the financial center of New Orleans, communications hubs such as Corinth, Chattanooga, and Atlanta, along with the agricultural produce of the breadbasket of the Confederacy. They sapped the morale of Confederates and buoyed the spirits of Unionists, ultimately sealing the Northern electorate's decision to return Lincoln to the presidency for a second term and to see the war through to final victory. Detailing the ""western"" clashes (Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Chattanooga, and Atlanta) that proved so significant, Woodworth contends that it was there alone that the Civil War could be—and was—decided.
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    Table of Contents:

    Acknowledgments
    Introduction
    Chapter One: Forts Henry and Donelson
    Chapter Two: The Confederacy Strikes Back
    Chapter Three: The Presidents Take a Hand
    Chapter Four: From Deadlock to Decision
    Chapter Five: From Tullahoma to Missionary Ridge
    Chapter Six: Winter Interlude, 1864
    Chapter Seven: The Atlanta Campaign
    Chapter Eight: To Durham Station
    Notes
    Bibliographical Essay
    Index

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