Drawn with the Sword (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: James M. McPherson
- First Published: 1996
- Type of Work: History
- Time of Work: 1860-1865
- Setting: The United States
- Principal Characters: Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, Frederick Douglass
- Genres: Nonfiction, Essays
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Racism, South or Southerners, Slavery or slaves, Civil War, Reconstruction, Soldiers, Confederate States of America
- Locales: United States
The American Civil War remains a source of enduring fascination and endless debates, and not merely for those in the academic discipline of history. Hundreds of thousands of Americans continue to read and argue about the war, its causes, conduct, and outcome, while thousands of others annually reenact its bloody course in carefully rehearsed battles fought in uniforms meticulously correct down to the last divisional patch, the precise brigade button. Clearly, as James McPherson notes in his splendid collection of essays, Drawn with the Sword: Reflections on the American Civil...
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