1861: The Civil War Awakening by Adam GoodheartMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
So much out there about the Civil War... Goodheart makes is different and engaging enough by highlighting such angles as:
1. The zouave craze
2. The outsized impact on the 1860s mind of Ellsworth becoming the first Union officer to die in the Civil War and the doomed defense of Ft. Sumter.
3. The role of former president Tyler and the shaping worldview of future president Garfield
4. The galvanizing effect of the conflict leading to mass-produced and displayed U.S. flags, etc.
5. The details of the individual fleeing slaves first met by Gen'l Butler and how the fact of these "contrabands" was considered in the press and in Lincoln's directions, etc.
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