Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 328
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Trim: 6⅜ x 9
978-0-7425-5137-4 • Paperback • March 2006 • $50.00 • (£38.00)
978-1-4616-4174-2 • eBook • March 2006 • $47.00 • (£36.00)
Theodore J. Karamanski is professor of history at Loyola University of Chicago. He founded the Loyola Public History Program and presided the National Council on Public History. A lifelong resident of the Chicago area, Karamanski is the author of Fur Trade and Exploration, Deep Woods Frontier, Ethics and Public History, and numerous articles.
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Irrespressible Candidate
Chapter 2: A House Divided
Chapter 3: The First Blood
Chapter 4: "God Bless the Sanitary Commission!"
Chapter 5: Camp Douglas
Chapter 6: "Wonder of the Nineteenth Century"
Chapter 7: "A Fire in the Rear"
Chapter 8: A City in Sable
Deeply researched and wide-ranging. . . . A welcome discussion of the central individuals and events in Civil War Chicago.
— Journal of American History
Rally 'Round the Flag is an impressive, informative, and scholarly history of Chicago history following the years of the American Civil War. Karamanski draws from diaries, letters, and newspapers to reveal how Chicago's public opinions on the war evolved from a romantic and patriotic naiveté to a clarion recognition of the brutality of the conflict.
— Midwest Book Review
A good read and a useful summary of events.
— American Historical Review