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Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 202. Pp. xii, 292. Notes, index.. $50.00. ISBN: 0807169692
Essays on Civil War America
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festschrift honoring noted Civil War scholar George C. Rable,
American Discord consists of 15 papers looking at neglected subjects in the history of the war. The essays are grouped in three broad categories: “Enemies Must be Defined: Party Politics and Political Culture”, “Rippling Effects: Political and Military Conflicts”, and “A Thermidorian Reaction: Reconstruction and Counterrevolution”.
All of the papers offer innovative insights into the events. They cover such topics as the prohibitionist movement and the war, Northern press reports about the 54
th Massachusetts at Fort Wagner, the Southern seizure of federal posts (