So Conceived and So Dedicated

“Outstanding essays” exploring how educated Northerners viewed, and discussed, the Civil War (Michael B. Ballard,  Civil War News ).   With contributions from multiple historians, this volume addresses the role intellectuals played in framing the Civil War and implementing their vision of a victorious Union. Broadly defining “intellectuals” to encompass doctors, lawyers, sketch artists, college professors, health reformers, and religious leaders, the essays address how these thinkers d