Propaganda from the American Civil War
Offering comprehensive coverage for those examining Civil War propaganda, this volume provides a broad analysis of efforts by both Union and Confederate sides to influence public opinion of America's deadliest conflict.

This illuminating reference work contains excerpts from roughly 100 individual pieces of propaganda generated during the American Civil War in the North and the South, as well as contextual analysis to assist readers in understanding its utility, importance, and effect. It includes written arguments, staged photographs, and political cartoons, all of which were used to advance one side's objectives while undermining the enemy's. This helps readers to understand the underlying arguments of each side as well as the willingness of each to distort the truth for political, military, or economic advantage.

This book is organized chronologically, allowing readers to understand how propaganda developed and expanded throughout the war. It includes a chapter dedicated to each of the war years (1861–1865), an antebellum chapter, and a postwar chapter. Each document comprised in the volume includes an analysis of the significance and effectiveness of the piece and guides readers to examine it with a critical eye. The original source documents remain in their original verbiage, including common spelling errors and other interesting aspects of 19th-century communication.

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Propaganda from the American Civil War
Offering comprehensive coverage for those examining Civil War propaganda, this volume provides a broad analysis of efforts by both Union and Confederate sides to influence public opinion of America's deadliest conflict.

This illuminating reference work contains excerpts from roughly 100 individual pieces of propaganda generated during the American Civil War in the North and the South, as well as contextual analysis to assist readers in understanding its utility, importance, and effect. It includes written arguments, staged photographs, and political cartoons, all of which were used to advance one side's objectives while undermining the enemy's. This helps readers to understand the underlying arguments of each side as well as the willingness of each to distort the truth for political, military, or economic advantage.

This book is organized chronologically, allowing readers to understand how propaganda developed and expanded throughout the war. It includes a chapter dedicated to each of the war years (1861–1865), an antebellum chapter, and a postwar chapter. Each document comprised in the volume includes an analysis of the significance and effectiveness of the piece and guides readers to examine it with a critical eye. The original source documents remain in their original verbiage, including common spelling errors and other interesting aspects of 19th-century communication.

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Propaganda from the American Civil War

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Offering comprehensive coverage for those examining Civil War propaganda, this volume provides a broad analysis of efforts by both Union and Confederate sides to influence public opinion of America's deadliest conflict.

This illuminating reference work contains excerpts from roughly 100 individual pieces of propaganda generated during the American Civil War in the North and the South, as well as contextual analysis to assist readers in understanding its utility, importance, and effect. It includes written arguments, staged photographs, and political cartoons, all of which were used to advance one side's objectives while undermining the enemy's. This helps readers to understand the underlying arguments of each side as well as the willingness of each to distort the truth for political, military, or economic advantage.

This book is organized chronologically, allowing readers to understand how propaganda developed and expanded throughout the war. It includes a chapter dedicated to each of the war years (1861–1865), an antebellum chapter, and a postwar chapter. Each document comprised in the volume includes an analysis of the significance and effectiveness of the piece and guides readers to examine it with a critical eye. The original source documents remain in their original verbiage, including common spelling errors and other interesting aspects of 19th-century communication.


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ISBN-13: 9781440864445
Publisher: ABC-CLIO, Incorporated
Publication date: 03/07/2019
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
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Pages: 314
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About the Author

Paul J. Springer, PhD, is a full professor of comparative military studies and chair of the Department of Research, Air Command and Staff College and a senior fellow of the Foreign Policy Research Institute.

Table of Contents

Introduction xiii

Chronology xxi

1 Documents through 1860

1 Abolition Frowned Down (Lithograph), 1839 1

2 A View of the Action of the Federal Government in Behalf of Slavery, 1844 2

3 "Thoughts on Slavery," 1848 5

4 Slavery and the Constitution, 1849 7

5 "'The Higher Law' in Its Application to the Fugitive Slave Bill," November 1850 9

6 Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life among the Lowly, 1851-1852 12

7 Aunt Phillis's Cabin; or, Southern Life As It Is, 1852 17

8 Negroes and Negro Slavery, 1853 21

9 The North and the South, 1854 23

10 "What Makes Slavery a Question of National Concern?" 1855 25

11 Forcing Slavery Down the Throat of a Freesoiler (Lithograph), 1856 27

12 The Democratic Platform (Lithograph), 1856 29

13 "Dixie's Land" (Song), 1859 30

14 "The Crisis," 1860 32

15 "Benedict's 'Wide Awake' Poem," 1860 36

16 "The Union Must Be Preserved! Four Crisis Letters," 1860 41

17 "A Platform for A31 Parties," 1860 43

18 "The Causes and Remedies of Impending National Calamities" November 20, 1860 46

19 "An Ordinance to Dissolve the Union between the State of South Carolina and Other States," December 20, 1860 49

20 "Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union," December 24, 1860 50

2 Documents from 1861

21 "Slavery: A Divine Institution," 1861 55

22 "God Save the South" (Poem), 1861 59

23 The Hercules of the Union (Lithograph), 1861 61

24 "An Address on the Aspect of National Affairs and the Right of Secession," March 16, 1861 63

25 "The Nineteenth of April," 1861 (Song), 1861 66

26 "The Massachusetts Line" (Song), May 7, 1861 68

27 "The Great Drama; an Appeal to Maryland," May 9, 1861 69

28 "Western Virginia on the Seizure of Sherrard Clemens" (Song), 1861 73

29 "New England" (Song), 1861 74

30 "Cairo" (Song), 1861 76

31 "Secession: A Folly and a Crime," July 4, 1861 77

32 "After Some Time Be Past," July 10, 1861 80

33 "The Fallacy of Neutrality," July 13, 1861 84

34 "God's Way of Crushing the Rebellion," September 29, 1861 88

35 "All Quiet Along the Potomac To-Night" (Poem), November 30, 1861 90

36 "Annual Message of the President," December 3, 1861 92

37 Volunteering Down Dixie (Lithograph), 1861 98

38 "The Army of the Potomac, and Its Mismanagement," December 4, 1861 99

39 "The Confederate Flag: Red, White & Blue" (Song), 1861 102

3 Documents from 1862

40 "Secession: In the Future" 1862 105

41 "Battle Cry of Freedom" (Song), 1862 107

42 "Rally Round the Flag Boys!" (Song), 1862 109

43 "Are the Southern Privateersmen Pirates?" 1862 110

44 "A Letter to a Friend in a Slave State," March 24, 1862 113

45 "Some Thoughts on the Pacification of the Country, for the Consideration of the North and the South," 1862 115

46 "Martial Law: What Is It? And Who Can Declare It?" April 2, 1862 117

47 "The History and Theory of Revolutions," April 1862 119

48 "Put It Through!" (Song), 1862 124

49 "Indemnity for the Past and Security for the Future," May 19, 1862 125

50 Thoughts for the Times: Addressed to the Considerate People of the Northern States, 1862 127

51 "Soldiers of Our Army," 1862 130

52 "Confiscation of Rebel Property," 1862 133

53 Morgan's Message to Kentucky, July 15, 1862 136

54 "On the Recognition of the Southern Confederation," 1862 137

55 Song of the Exempts, 1862 139

56 "Washington and Lincoln" (Song), 1862 141

57 "Stonewall Jackson's Way" (Song), September 16, 1862 142

58 The Emancipation Proclamation, September 22, 1862 144

59 "Treason and the Punishment It Deserves," October 8, 1862 147

60 "Martial Law," 1862 150

61 "A Compromise" (Song), 1862 153

62 "A Proclamation by the Confederate President," December 24, 1862 155

63 "Abraham's Daughter, or Raw Recruits" (Song), 1862 158

4 Documents from 1863

64 "The Continent Is Trembling," January 9, 1863 161

65 Fourteen Months in American Bastiles, 1863 163

66 "West Point and the War," March 1863 165

67 "Starved in Prison" (Song), 1863 168

68 "A Call to My Countrywomen," March 1863 169

69 "Curses Coming Home to Roost," May 1863 171

70 "Forward or Backward?" 1863 174

71 "Freemen, Awake!! Declaration and Protest of Liberty against Usurpation and Tyranny," July 4, 1863 178

72 "A Voice from North-Carolina," July 31, 1863 181

73 "For the Croakers," 1863 185

74 "War, a Necessary Evil," September 19, 1863 186

75 "The Arguments of Secessionists," September 30, 1863 189

76 "Neutral Relations of England and the United States," October 1, 1863 192

77 "France, Mexico, and the Confederate States," October 5, 1863 194

78 "The Cowards Are Coming" (Song), 1863 199

79 "The Gettysburg Address," November 19, 1863 201

80 "Third Annual Message of President Davis," December 7, 1863 202

5 Documents from 1864

81 "The War and Its Close: A Discourse," April 8, 1864 207

82 "Gideon's Water-Lappers," April 8, 1864 212

83 The True Peace Commissioners (Lithograph), 1864 215

84 The True Issue or "Thats Whats the Matter" (Lithograph), 1864 217

85 "Our Captive Soldiers" (Song), 1864 218

86 "Corruptions and Frauds of Lincoln's Administration," 1864 220

87 Compromise with the South (Lithograph), September 3, 1864 224

88 "Peace through Victory: A Thanksgiving Sermon," September 11, 1864 226

89 "Mayor and Council of Atlanta to Sherman," September 11, 1864 230

90 "Reply of Maj. Gen. Sherman to the Mayor of Atlanta," September 12, 1864 232

91 "Coercion Completed, or Treason Triumphant," September 1864 235

92 "A Song for the Boys," 1864 240

93 "Lincoln or McClellan: Appeal to the Germans in America," 1864 242

94 "Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress," December 6, 1864 245

6 Documents from 1865 and Beyond

95 "The Conquered Banner" (Poem), April 1865 251

96 The Chas-ed "Old Lady" of the C.S.A. (Lithograph), May 1865 253

97 The "Rail Splitter" at Work Repairing the Union (Lithograph), 1865 254

98 "Can a State Secede? Sovereignty in Its Bearing upon Secession and State Rights," 1865 256

99 "Sherman's March to the Sea" (Song), 1865 260

100 "The Nation" (Poem), 1866 262

101 "The Burning of Columbia, S.C.," 1866 266

102 "The Blue and the Gray" (Poem), 1867 270

103 The Great American Tanner (Lithograph), 1868 272

104 This Is a While Mans Government (Lithograph), September 5, 1868 273

105 "Address on the Life and Character of Gen. Robert E. Lee," October 12, 1871 276

106 "The Military-Prison Keepers of the Late Southern Confederacy, in the Van of the Democratic Party," 1876 279

107 Of Course He Wants to Vote the Democratic Ticket (Lithograph), October 21, 1876 284

108 "General Sherman's March from Atlanta to the Coast," April 26, 1884 285

109 "An Humble Belisarius; or the Life of a 'Johnny Reb,'" 1885 289

110 "Song of the Irish Veteran," 1887 291

111 "Jeff. Davis Spouting Treason," 1887 (Song) 294

112 "Responsibility for the War of Secession," 1893 295

Bibliography 301

Index 307

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