Chirs Mackowski &
Christopher D. White, Editors
Foreword by Thomas A. Desgardin
Christopher D. White, Editors
Foreword by Thomas A. Desgardin
Contributors to this collection, public historians with
experience at Civil War battle sites, examine key shifts in the Civil War and
the context surrounding them to show that many chains of events caused the
course of the war to change: the Federal defeats at First Bull Run and Ball’s
Bluff, the wounding of Joseph Johnston at Seven Pines and the Confederate
victory at Chancellorsville, the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation, the
Federal victory at Vicksburg, Grant’s decision to move on to Richmond rather
than retreat from the Wilderness, the naming of John B. Hood as commander of
the Army of Tennessee, and the 1864 presidential election. In their conclusion,
the editors suggest that the assassination of Abraham Lincoln might have been
the war’s final turning point.
About the Author
Chris Mackowski and Kristopher D. White are
co-founders of Emerging Civil War.
Mackowski, a professor of journalism and mass communication at St.
Bonaventure University, is the editor in chief of Emerging Civil War, editor of
the Engaging the Civil War series, and historian-in-residence at Stevenson
Ridge. He has written or cowritten more than a dozen books on the Civil War.
White, the chief historian of Emerging Civil War, is the education manager
at the Civil War Trust. He has cowritten several books with Chris Mackowski,
including That Furious Struggle: Chancellorsville and the High Tide of the
Confederacy, May 1–5, 1863.
ISBN 978-0809336210, Southern Illinois University Press, ©
2017, Paperback, 272 pages, Photographs, Illustrations, Maps, Notes at the end
of each essay, and Index. $24.48. To purchase this book click HERE.
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