Making & Remaking Penna. Civil War

by William Pencak

For many people, Pennsylvania's contribution to the Civil War goes little beyond the battle of Gettysburg. The North in general has received far less attention than the Confederacy in the historiography of the Civil War--a weakness in the literature that this book will help address. The essays in this volume reconsider the impact of the Civil War on Pennsylvania and the way its memory remains alive even today.

Making and Remaking Pennsylvania's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271020792
• ISBN13: 9780271020792
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

The motivations of the soldiers and the impact of the war

Making And Remaking Pennsylvania's Civil War is a welcome compendium of new information about Pennsylvania during the Civil War including such noteworthy facts as their being as many as two thousand Pennsylvanians who defected to the Confederacy to fight for the Southern cause. The focus of the ten essays compiled in this excellent history are on our current understanding regarding the motivations of the soldiers and the impact of the war on civilians, rather than on the Civil War battles or military leadership. Making And Remaking Pennsylvania's Civil War is a highly recommended and informative addition to the growing body of Civil War scholarship.