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  • Civil War Dynasty: The Ewing Family of Ohio
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  • Kenneth J. Heineman
  • 2012
  • Published by: NYU Press
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For years the Ewing family of Ohio has been lost in the historical shadow cast by their in-law, General William T. Sherman. In the era of the Civil War, it was the Ewing family who raised Sherman, got him into West Point, and provided him with the financial resources and political connections to succeed in war. The patriarch, Thomas Ewing, counseled presidents and clashed with radical abolitionists and southern secessionists leading to the Civil War. Three Ewing sons became Union generals, served with distinction at Antietam and Vicksburg, marched through Georgia, and fought guerillas in Missouri. The Ewing family stood at the center of the Northern debate over emancipation, fought for the soul of the Republican Party, and waged total war against the South.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Frontmatter
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  1. Contents
  2. p. vii
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. ix-x
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  1. Introduction
  2. pp. 1-16
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  1. 1. “The Devoted Band of Leonidas”: Thomas Ewing’s Ascent
  2. pp. 17-55
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  1. 2. “Reaching up into the Blue Ether . . . Sinking Down into the Abyss”: The Next Generation Comes of Age
  2. pp. 56-96
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  1. 3. “Argument Is Exhausted”: An Election, an Insurrection, and an Invasion, 1860–61
  2. pp. 97-136
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  1. 4. “Render to Caesar”: Shiloh, Antietam, and Prairie Grove, 1862
  2. pp. 137-174
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  1. 5. “Forlorn Hope”: Vicksburg, Lawrence, and Missionary Ridge, 1863
  2. pp. 175-212
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  1. 6. “War Is Cruelty”: Atlanta, Pilot Knob, and Washington, 1864
  2. pp. 213-248
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  1. 7. “Stand on the Crater of a Living Volcano”: Processions, Trials, and Recriminations
  2. pp. 249-282
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  1. Postscript
  2. pp. 293-290
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  1. Notes
  2. pp. 291-354
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 355-384
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  1. About the Author
  2. p. 385
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