| The Peninsula Campaign & the Necessity of Emancipation: African Americans & the Fight for Freedom Contributor(s): Brasher, Glenn David (Author) |
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ISBN: 1469617501 ISBN-13: 9781469617503 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press OUR PRICE: $30.88 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - History | Military - United States |
| Dewey: 973.741 |
| LCCN: 2011036321 |
| Series: Civil War America (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 5.74" W x 9.03" (0.88 lbs) 296 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the Peninsula Campaign of spring 1862, Union general George B. McClellan failed in his plan to capture the Confederate capital and bring a quick end to the conflict. But the campaign saw something new in the war--the participation of African Americans in ways that were critical to the Union offensive. Ultimately, that participation influenced Lincoln's decision to issue the Emancipation Proclamation at the end of that year. Glenn David Brasher's unique narrative history delves into African American involvement in this pivotal military event, demonstrating that blacks contributed essential manpower and provided intelligence that shaped the campaign's military tactics and strategy and that their activities helped to convince many Northerners that emancipation was a military necessity. Drawing on the voices of Northern soldiers, civilians, politicians, and abolitionists as well as Southern soldiers, slaveholders, and the enslaved, Brasher focuses on the slaves themselves, whose actions showed that they understood from the outset that the war was about their freedom. As Brasher convincingly shows, the Peninsula Campaign was more important in affecting the decision for emancipation than the Battle of Antietam. |
Contributor Bio(s): Brasher, Glenn David: - Glenn David Brasher is instructor of history at the University of Alabama. |