Practical Liberators: Union Officers in the Western Theater during the Civil War (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781469668826)

"During the first fifteen months of the Civil War, the policies and attitudes of Union officers toward emancipation in the western theater were, at best, inconsistent and fraught with internal strains. But after Congress passed the Second Confiscation Act in 1862, army policy became mostly consistent in its support of liberating the slaves in general, in spite of Union army officers' differences of opinion. By 1863 and the final Emancipation Proclamation, the army had transformed into the key force for instituting emancipation in the West. However, Kristopher Teters argues that the guiding principles behind this development in attitudes and policy were a result of military necessity and pragmatic strategies, rather than an effort to enact racial equality."--

Author: Kristopher A. Teters
ISBN-10: 1469668823
ISBN-13: 9781469668826
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Language: English
Published: 11/02/2021
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.54d