Friday 17 September 2010Discovering the Civil War
Discovering the Civil War
Published by D Giles Limited with the Foundation for the National Archives in February 2011, Discovering the Civil War is a stunning visual memento of the American Civil War featuring unusual and surprising records from the extensive collection in the National Archives, Washington, D.C.
This new volume peels back 150 years of accumulated analysis, interpretation, and opinion to reveal a Civil War that is little-known. Featuring over 250 letters, diaries, photos, maps, petitions, receipts, patents, amendments and proclamations from the incomparable holdings of the National Archives, it takes a fresh look at the conflict through little-known stories, seldom-seen documents, and unusual perspectives.
Grouped into themes such as “Spies and Conspiracies,” “Prisoners and Casualties,” “Global War,” and “Raising Armies”, this new book looks at the extraordinary experiences of ordinary people; the names of men listed in the “substitute book” who were paid to replace draftees, or firsthand accounts of the Battle of Gettysburg at the Gettysburg veterans' 75th anniversary reunion in 1938. Famous documents, such the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, are juxtaposed with innovative wartime patents, including a multipurpose device that could serve as a tent, knapsack, or blanket, and a message in Chinese script asking for Confederate ships to be barred from Chinese ports—proving that the Civil War became a truly international struggle.
The highly visual approach makes the reader experience the excitement of finding unusual stories in the Archives for themselves. It features a message from Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero and a fascinating and personal foreword by leading documentary filmmaker, Ken Burns, creator of the award-winning film The Civil War, whose great, great -grandfather was forced to fight in the conflict.
A “must-have” for anyone interested in US history in general and the Civil War in particular.
Discovering the Civil War accompanies a major exhibition of the National Archives Experience, with the following dates: National Archives’ Lawrence F. O’Brien Gallery in Washington, DC, November 10, 2010, to April 17, 2011; The Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Michigan (Summer 2011); Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, Texas (Fall 2011-Winter 2012); Durham Museum, Omaha, Nebraska (Fall 2013)
The Contributors
Developed as a collaboration between the archivists and staff of the National Archives and the Foundation for the National Archives. Edited by Sharon Barry. Essays contributed by: Bruce I. Bustard, senior curator; Michael Hussey, exhibits and education; Jennifer Johnson, curator; Darlene McClurkin, exhibits information specialist; and William J. Sandoval, curator with the museum programs; all from the National Archives in Washington, DC; and Kenneth Kato, archives specialist at the Center for Legislative Archives in Washington, DC; Joel Walker, education specialist for the National Archives at Atlanta; Budge Weidman, formerly volunteer manager of the all-volunteer Civil War Conservation Corps; and Tom Wheeler, managing director at Core Capital Partners in Washington, DC, and a past president of the Foundation for the National Archives.
DISCOVERING THE CIVIL WAR
208 pages, 305 x 229mm (9 x 12 in.), portrait
Up to 812 colour illustrations, hardback
Text: Up to 63,000 words
ISBN: 978 1 904832 91 1
Price: US$44.95/UK£29.95
Publication date: February 2011
Publisher: D Giles Limited, London
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