The Civil War and the Limits of Destruction

Mark E. Neely, Jr.

    Introduction: Destructiveness in the Civil War

    1. The Mexican-American War: Republicanism and the Ethos of War

    2. Price's Raid: Limited War in Missouri

    3. Emperor Maximilian's Black Decree: War in the Tropics

    4. The Shenandoah Valley: Sheridan and Scorched Earth

    5. The Sand Creek Massacre: The Grand Burning of the Prairie

    6. Avenging Andersonville: Retaliation and the Political Uses of Hatred

    Conclusion: The Cult of Violence in Civil War History

    Notes

    Selected Bibliography

    Acknowledgments

    Illustration Sources

    Index

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Mark E. Neely, Jr., is McCabe-Greer Professor of the History of the Civil War Era, Pennsylvania State University, and the author of a number of books, including his Pulitzer prize-winning The Fate of Liberty: Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties.