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Title The thin light of freedom : the Civil War and emancipation in the heart of America / Edward L. Ayers.
Publisher New York : W.W. Norton and Company, [2017]
Copyright ©2017
Description xxiii, 576 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white), portraits, facsimile, photographs ; 24 cm
Edition First Edition.


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 PJ-Lower Stacks  973.73 AYE Nearby on shelf  30644003173019 (none)  AVAILABLE
BIBLIOGRAPHY Includes bibliographical references (pages 507-552) and index.
Contents Part one: the scourge of war: July 1863 through November 1864 -- The great invasion: May through July 1863 -- A gigantic forlorn hope: July 1863 -- The great task remaining before us: July 1863 through May 1864 -- The Earth will tremble: April through June 1864 -- To burn something in the enemy's country: June through October 1864 -- A campaign of terrible moment: September through November 1864 -- Part two: The harvest of war: December 1864 through 1902 -- The colossal suicide of world history: December 1864 through March 1865 -- The perils of peace: March through October 1865 -- Rebelism: January through December 1866 -- We must be one people: January 1867 through July 1869 -- The past is not dead: 1868 through 1902 -- Epilogue.
Summary Drawn from personal correspondence of people located in the Great Valley Counties of Augusta, Virginia, and Franklin, Pennsylvania, a ground level perspective of how the war and emancipation affected those living there.
Subject Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- United States.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Franklin (Venango County, Pa.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Augusta County (Va.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Other title Civil War and emancipation in the heart of America
ISBN 9780393292633
0393292630
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