The Resource After Appomattox : military occupation and the ends of war, Gregory P. Downs
After Appomattox : military occupation and the ends of war, Gregory P. Downs
Resource Information
The item After Appomattox : military occupation and the ends of war, Gregory P. Downs represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Union Presbyterian Seminary Libraries.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item After Appomattox : military occupation and the ends of war, Gregory P. Downs represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Union Presbyterian Seminary Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "The Civil War did not end at Appomattox Court House. Nor did it end at the surrenders that followed in North Carolina, Texas, and Indian Country. The Civil War dragged on for at least five years after Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant in April 1865. In the first large-scale examination of the post-Civil War occupation, this book offers a rethinking of Reconstruction, the end of the Civil War, and the United States' history of occupation. The Civil War could not end, because slavery had not yet ended. Freed people held in bondage throughout the South taught soldiers that it would take military force to crush the institution of slavery. To create reliable rights on the ground and to stave off planters' efforts to restore their power, the United States launched an expansive, aggressive, little-understood occupation of the rebel states, granting the Army power to overturn laws, appoint new officials, conduct military trials, and ignore writs of habeas corpus. Yet relying on occupation posed dilemmas for the United States. Isolated in small outposts, the Army could regulate only what it could see. In large no-man's lands, a series of insurgencies and partisan conflicts arose; much of the South fell into near-anarchy. Maintaining an occupation created political problems as well, as northern voters urged Congress to cut spending and send troops home. This book describes a Civil War that could not quite end, a peace that could not quite be achieved, and a resolution that continues to shape American life"--Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- ix, 342 pages
- Contents
-
- Introduction: The war that could not end
- After surrender
- Emancipation at gunpoint
- The challenge of civil government
- Authority without arms
- The war in Washington
- A false peace
- Enfranchisement by martial law
- Between bullets and ballots
- The perils of peace
- Conclusion: A government without force
- Appendixes
- Isbn
- 9780674743984
- Label
- After Appomattox : military occupation and the ends of war
- Title
- After Appomattox
- Title remainder
- military occupation and the ends of war
- Statement of responsibility
- Gregory P. Downs
- Subject
-
- Freed persons -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century
- Military occupation -- Social aspects -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
- Social conflict -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century
- Civil-military relations -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century
- Southern States -- Race relations | History -- 1865-1950
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Occupied territories
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Peace
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1877
- Southern States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The Civil War did not end at Appomattox Court House. Nor did it end at the surrenders that followed in North Carolina, Texas, and Indian Country. The Civil War dragged on for at least five years after Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant in April 1865. In the first large-scale examination of the post-Civil War occupation, this book offers a rethinking of Reconstruction, the end of the Civil War, and the United States' history of occupation. The Civil War could not end, because slavery had not yet ended. Freed people held in bondage throughout the South taught soldiers that it would take military force to crush the institution of slavery. To create reliable rights on the ground and to stave off planters' efforts to restore their power, the United States launched an expansive, aggressive, little-understood occupation of the rebel states, granting the Army power to overturn laws, appoint new officials, conduct military trials, and ignore writs of habeas corpus. Yet relying on occupation posed dilemmas for the United States. Isolated in small outposts, the Army could regulate only what it could see. In large no-man's lands, a series of insurgencies and partisan conflicts arose; much of the South fell into near-anarchy. Maintaining an occupation created political problems as well, as northern voters urged Congress to cut spending and send troops home. This book describes a Civil War that could not quite end, a peace that could not quite be achieved, and a resolution that continues to shape American life"--Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Downs, Gregory P
- Dewey number
- 973.7/14
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E668
- LC item number
- .D74 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
- Military occupation
- Civil-military relations
- Freed persons
- Social conflict
- Southern States
- United States
- United States
- United States
- Southern States
- Label
- After Appomattox : military occupation and the ends of war, Gregory P. Downs
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: The war that could not end -- After surrender -- Emancipation at gunpoint -- The challenge of civil government -- Authority without arms -- The war in Washington -- A false peace -- Enfranchisement by martial law -- Between bullets and ballots -- The perils of peace -- Conclusion: A government without force -- Appendixes
- Control code
- 000396652
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- ix, 342 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674743984
- Lccn
- 2014038048
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 000396652
- (OCoLC)893709487
- Label
- After Appomattox : military occupation and the ends of war, Gregory P. Downs
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: The war that could not end -- After surrender -- Emancipation at gunpoint -- The challenge of civil government -- Authority without arms -- The war in Washington -- A false peace -- Enfranchisement by martial law -- Between bullets and ballots -- The perils of peace -- Conclusion: A government without force -- Appendixes
- Control code
- 000396652
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- ix, 342 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674743984
- Lccn
- 2014038048
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 000396652
- (OCoLC)893709487
Subject
- Freed persons -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century
- Military occupation -- Social aspects -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
- Social conflict -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century
- Civil-military relations -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century
- Southern States -- Race relations | History -- 1865-1950
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Occupied territories
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Peace
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1877
- Southern States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950
Embed
Settings
Select options that apply then copy and paste the RDF/HTML data fragment to include in your application
Embed this data in a secure (HTTPS) page:
Layout options:
Include data citation:
<div class="citation" vocab="http://schema.org/"><i class="fa fa-external-link-square fa-fw"></i> Data from <span resource="http://link.upsem.edu/portal/After-Appomattox--military-occupation-and-the/8UraH9el8iU/" typeof="Book http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/Item"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a href="http://link.upsem.edu/portal/After-Appomattox--military-occupation-and-the/8UraH9el8iU/">After Appomattox : military occupation and the ends of war, Gregory P. Downs</a></span> - <span property="potentialAction" typeOf="OrganizeAction"><span property="agent" typeof="LibrarySystem http://library.link/vocab/LibrarySystem" resource="http://link.upsem.edu/"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a property="url" href="https://link.upsem.edu/">Union Presbyterian Seminary Libraries</a></span></span></span></span></div>
Note: Adjust the width and height settings defined in the RDF/HTML code fragment to best match your requirements
Preview
Cite Data - Experimental
Data Citation of the Item After Appomattox : military occupation and the ends of war, Gregory P. Downs
Copy and paste the following RDF/HTML data fragment to cite this resource
<div class="citation" vocab="http://schema.org/"><i class="fa fa-external-link-square fa-fw"></i> Data from <span resource="http://link.upsem.edu/portal/After-Appomattox--military-occupation-and-the/8UraH9el8iU/" typeof="Book http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/Item"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a href="http://link.upsem.edu/portal/After-Appomattox--military-occupation-and-the/8UraH9el8iU/">After Appomattox : military occupation and the ends of war, Gregory P. Downs</a></span> - <span property="potentialAction" typeOf="OrganizeAction"><span property="agent" typeof="LibrarySystem http://library.link/vocab/LibrarySystem" resource="http://link.upsem.edu/"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a property="url" href="https://link.upsem.edu/">Union Presbyterian Seminary Libraries</a></span></span></span></span></div>
