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Medical care during the American Civil War
This work examines medical care during the American Civil War. The medical departments of the opposing armies had much in common. Both were organized along the same structural lines, that of the old U.S. Army. Northern and Southern doctors possessed the same base of medical knowledge. Both medical …
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Commercially produced forms of American Civil War monuments
U of I Only Restriction set for Item 117758 on 2021-06-01T14:26:37Z with date by madinag@illinois.edu.
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THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR AND THE BRITISH IMPERIAL DILEMMA
… and political pressures arising from the American Civil War. Rather than this being a basic ‘withdrawal’, or ‘abandonment’ in the face of US power as is argued on the rare occasions diplomatic or strategic studies touch upon the British North American Act: this thesis argues that the …
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Newspaper coverage of cavalry raiders during the American Civil War
During the American Civil War, military actions took place across a vast distance, from southern Pennsylvania to the future state of New Mexico. While a majority of the war was fought in the Eastern Theater, essentially the region east of the Appalachian Mountains, the Western Theater, roughly …
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Sound in Conflict: Lyric Poetry and the American Civil War
… of lyric poems written during and about the American Civil War, and asks how closely related these acoustics were to their historical environment. I thus attempt to redress the dominant visual and material responses to Civil War aesthetics, in favour of attention to its sounds. I also set out …
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American Civil War photography : traces of death, injury, discrimination and wreckage
Dissertação de Mestrado em Estudos Americanos apresentada à Universidade Aberta
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The Foundations of Civilian Supremacy: Civil-Military Relations During the American Civil War
<p>The American Civil War was the defining event that shaped civil-military relations in the United States. This master's thesis explores the multifaceted dynamics between civilian and military leadership during this crucial period in American history. It examines the relationship between civilian …
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Predictive Probability Model for American Civil War Fortifications using a Geographic Information System
… probability model was generated to locate Union Civil War fortifications around Petersburg, Virginia. This study illustrated the ease with which such analysis can be accomplished with the integrated use of a Geographic Information System with statistical analysis. Stepwise logistic regression …
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Study of an American Civil War chaplaincy: Henry Clay Trumbull, 10th Connecticut Volunteers
… Volunteer Regiment from 1862 to 1865 during the American Civil War. During that time he wrote nearly 250 letters to his wife alone (he wrote hundreds more), describing his actions and experiences as he ministered to the soldiers. Along with the letters, he kept detailed diaries and a lengthy …
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“My Bruises Are Inward:” A Study of Mental Trauma in the American Civil War
<p>War is traumatic. Since the American Psychiatric Association first recognized post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in 1980, living veterans of combat have been diagnosed at an alarmingly high rate. However, mental trauma related diagnoses have existed for centuries, including several that were …
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Furnish the Balance: The 1863 Roots of Hard Strategy in the American Civil War
… 1864 Meridian campaign as the origin of hard war strategy during the American Civil War. While Sherman's 1864 expedition is a clear demonstration of hard war, it did not begin there. Rather, U.S. Major General Ulysses S. Grant's planned and Sherman's implemented destruction of Jackson, …
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A Tale of Two Cities: Vicksburg and Natchez, Mississippi During the American Civil War
… opposition and their initial support for the war, however, the two city’s reactions differed. This thesis argues that one of the main reasons for this difference is that two distinct communities developed in each city. Pre-war experiences shaped the citizens of Natchez and Vicksburg, allowing …
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Combat Reconsidered: A Statistical Analysis of Small-Unit Actions During the American Civil War
… formations, earthworks, etc.in assessments of Civil War combat. Most scholars agree that these external combat conditions strongly influenced battle performance. Other historians accentuate the ways in which the mental stresses of soldiering affected combat performance. These scholars tend to …
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The specter of the American Civil War in British writing of the mid-nineteenth century.
… I argue that in the years leading up to the American Civil War, America became Britain's gothic double, making manifest some of Britain's most keenly felt anxieties. The increasing tensions in America, which finally erupted in civil war in 1861, unsettled the relationship between America and …
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Deadweight loss and the American civil war : the political economy of slavery, secession, and emancipation
… has major implications for the origins of the Civil War. Slavery’s survival required extensive subsidies from government at all levels. A federal Fugitive Slave Law was among the most crucial ways that the national government socialized the system’s enforcement. That is why runaway slaves were …
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The specter of the American Civil War in British writing of the mid-nineteenth century.
… I argue that in the years leading up to the American Civil War, America became Britain's gothic double, making manifest some of Britain's most keenly felt anxieties. The increasing tensions in America, which finally erupted in civil war in 1861, unsettled the relationship between America and …
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The Women of Waterford, Virginia: Gender, Unionism, Quakerism and Identity in the American Civil War
Over the course of the Civil War the small community of Waterford, Virginia maintained Unionist sentiments regardless of being a part of the Confederate States of America. These sentiments were rooted in loyalty to the United States, their ostracization from southern culture, and their Quaker …
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The Heart of the Sectional Conflict: Emotion, Politics, and the Coming of the American Civil War
<p>My dissertation analyzes how emotions shaped Americans' perceptions of and responses to the sectional conflict over slavery to explain why it culminated in the Civil War. Emotions are not universal and are subject to change over time. To understand the political influence of specific emotions …
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