Ernest A. Dollar Jr.
2022 by Ernest A. Dollar Jr.
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Names: Dollar, Ernest A., Jr., author.
Title: Hearts Torn Asunder: Trauma in the Civil Wars Final Campaign in North Carolina / Ernest A. Dollar, Jr.
Description: El Dorado Hills : Savas Beatie, LLC, 2020. | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Summary: This book explores the psychological experience of these soldiers and civilians during the end of the Civil War in North Carolina. Using letters, diaries, and accounts the book explores how deeply hard war hurt soldiers and civilians and shaped the memory of the wars end." Provided by publisher.
Subjects: LCSH: North CarolinaHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns | North CarolinaHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Psychological aspects. | North CarolinaHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Moral and ethical aspects. | United StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Psychological aspects. | CombatPsychological aspectsHistory19th century. | Shermans March through the CarolinasPsychological aspects. | North CarolinaSocial conditionsHistory19th century.
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Dust jacket image: North and South , 1865 (oil on canvas), Mayer, Constant (1832-1911) / Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, USA / Museum of Fine Arts, Houston / Museum purchase with funds provided by One Great Night in November, 2011, and the Alice Pratt Brown Museum Fund; and Nancy and Richard D. Kinder in honor of Emily Ballew Neff / Bridgeman Images.
North and South, 1865, by Constant Mayer. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
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AU Special Collections and Archives, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
AHSL Library and Archives Room, Atlanta Historical Society Library, Atlanta, GA
ADAH Alabama Department of Archive and History, Montgomery, AL
ALPLM Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Springfield, IL
BL-UMI Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
B&L Johnson &. Buel, eds. Battles and Leaders of the Civil War
BP Bennett Place State Historic Site, Durham, NC
BUA Rare Books and Special Collections, St. Bonaventure University Archives, Bonaventure, NY
CSU Special Collections, California State University. Long Beach
CV Confederate Veteran Magazine
DU Perkins Library, Duke University, Durham, NC
GDAH Georgia Department of Archives and History, Morrow, GA
GHI Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Collection, New York, NY
GHM Greensboro Historical Museum, Greensboro, NC
IHS Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis
INHS Smith Memorial Library, Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis
ILSHS Illinois State Historical Society, Springfield
ISA Iowa State Archives, Des Moines
ISUA Special Collections and University Archives, Iowa State University, Ames
KCA Special Collections, Knox College, Galesburg, IL
LOC Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
MLHC Michigan Library and Historical Center, Lansing
MHP Mordecai Historic Park, Raleigh, NC
MHS Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
MSU Special Collections, Michigan State University, East Lansing
NARA National Archives Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
NCDAH North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh
NYSL New York State Library, New York
OR U.S. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. 128 vols. Washington, DC
SHC/UNC Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
SHSW State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Madison
SHSP Southern Historical Society Papers, Richmond, VA
SMS Kennan Library, St. Marys School, Raleigh, NC
TSLA Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville
UASC W.S. Hoole Special Collection. University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
UA Special Collections, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
UGA Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia, Athens
UM Department of Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi, Oxford
UNCW Special Collections, Randall Library, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
UND University Archives, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana
UI Special Collections, University of Iowa, Iowa City
USC South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina, Columbia
USMHI Archives Branch, United States Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania
UT Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin
UTK Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
VMHC Virginia Museum of History and Culture, Richmond
VMI Manuscript Collections, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington
WCHS John Hay Center, Washington County Historical Society. Salem, Indiana
WFU Z. Smith Reynolds Library, Wake Forrest University, Winston Salem, North Carolina
WPA Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers Project, Slave Narratives
WS Special Collections and Archives, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
A CKNOWLEDGMENTS
Few books are written without the help of others. I thank those who have lent their time, energy, and insights to help make this book possible. David Southern, Duke University Press, Dr. Jim Broomall, George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War, Dr. Christopher Graham, American Civil War Museum, Diane Smith, Ryan Reed, and Ken McCoury, Bennett Place State Historic Site, and Jeremiah DeGennaro, Alamance Battleground Historic Site.
Those veteran scholars who provided valuable insight and historical resources and military experience that helped shaped the direction of this book likewise deserve thanks: Tom Magnuson, Maj. Dave Hunter (Ret.), Steve Rankin, and Col. Wade Sokolosky (Ret). Dr. Mark Bradley, U.S. Army Center of Military History, deserves special thanks for his advice and landmark books that provided a foundation upon which this work seeks to build on.