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07086aam a2200697 i 4500 001 D71C527C96FD11ED8856CD373CECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230118010046 008 220125t20222022scua b 001 0beng 010 $a 2022002705 020 $a 1643363050 020 $a 9781643363059 020 $a 1643363042 020 $a 9781643363042 035 $a (OCoLC)1286794405 040 $a NcU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d YDX $d SUC $d PAU $d IUL $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-sc $a n-us--- $a n-us-sc 050 00 $a F213.C46 $b K65 2022 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23/eng/20220202 084 $a SOC054000 $a SOC054000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Koivusalo, Anna, $e author. 245 14 $a The man who started the Civil War : $b James Chesnut, honor, and emotion in the American South / $c Anna Koivusalo. 264 1 $a Columbia, South Carolina : $b The University of South Carolina Press, $c [2022] 300 $a xii, 287 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-279) and index. 505 00 $t Conclusion: "Clean and White Record". $g Chapter 6. $t 1815-1858 : Adopting Honorable Emotion and Learning to Express It: $g Chapter 1. $t "Good Habits and Honourable Sentiments": Parental Advice for the Chesnut Sons, 1815-1836 ; $g Chapter 2. $t "A World Completely Ideal": Love and Honor, 1836-1858 ; $g Chapter 3. $t "We Must Try to Steer Our Little Ship with Honor and Safety": Honor, Emotion, and Politics, 1836-1858 -- $g Part II. $t 1859-1861 : Raw and Noble Emotion: $g Chapter 4. $t "He Ordered the First Gun Fired & He Resigned First": Beginning the Civil War, 1859-1861 -- $g Part III. $t 1861-1885 : Honor and Emotion in Time of Crisis: $g Chapter 5. $t "Like a Patriot and a Gentleman": The Civil War and the Transformation of Antebellum Honor, 1861-1865 ; $g Chapter 6. $t "The Old Legion of Honor": Outdated Honor, Violent Emotions, and Reconstruction, 1865-1885 -- $t Conclusion: "Clean and White Record". 520 $a "In the pre-dawn hours of April 12, 1861 James Chesnut Jr. hand-delivered a message to Major Robert Anderson, the U.S. Army commander at Fort Sumter. Chesnut informed Anderson that Confederate guns would commence the bombardment of the fort within the hour. Chesnut then piloted a small skiff across the dark waters of Charleston Harbor and delivered a fateful order to the batteries stationed on James Island. They were to open fire on Fort Sumter. Chesnut had just ordered the first shots of the Civil War. In 'The Man Who Started the Civil War' historian Anna Koivusalo offers the first full-length biography of South Carolina soldier and politician James Chesnut Jr. Prior to the Civil War, Chesnut served in both the South Carolina House and Senate before being appointed as a US Senator from South Carolina in 1858. Chesnut resigned his position in the US Senate shortly after the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860. During the Civil War he served on the staff of Confederate President Jefferson Davis and was later appointed brigadier general of South Carolina reserve troops. Today he is probably best remembered as the husband of memoirist Mary Boykin Chesnut, whose wildly popular book 'A Diary from Dixie' remains an important source for understanding the Civil War era. In fact, Mary Chesnut had intended to write a biography of her husband, but she died before she was able. Koivusalo not only finishes that work, but in so doing deepens and expands our understanding of antebellum southern society, the coming of the Civil War, and its aftermath. 'The Man Who Started the Civil War' is more than just a biography of Chesnut, it is an emotional history of the man and his society. It deftly weaves together the history of emotions and the study of southern honor, showing how honor served as a dynamic means of creating, refining, and expressing honorable emotions. Understanding that the emotional worlds of elite white southerners like James Chesnut is crucial to understanding the coming of the Civil War. Focusing on the role of emotion in the coming of the Civil War does not ignore the central role of slavery. Both honor culture and honorable emotional expression were predicated on the existence of slavery. Without enslavement, there could be no mastery for men like Chesnut. It was one of the things they feared most. Honor and emotion were also central to the proslavery argument and Koivusalo shows how Chesnut and others used emotional expression to justify slavery and thus preserve the wealth and privilege of the upper class. But understanding the how and when of the Civil War requires more than just acknowledging the role of slavery. Koivusalo helps readers to understand why political solutions came to be seen as untenable and why the war came in 1861 rather than earlier or later. These are questions that have long vexed historians. Because Chesnut's life spanned the antebellum and postbellum years, Koivusalo is also able to explore how the war shifted and shattered pre-war conceptions of honor and emotional expression. The latter portions of the book examine Chesnuts' attempts, largely unsuccessful, to navigate that postwar world"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Chesnut, James, $d 1815-1885. 610 10 $a Confederate States of America. $b Army $x Officers $v Biography. 600 17 $a Chesnut, James, $d 1815-1885. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00194560 610 17 $a Confederate States of America. $b Army. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00539981 650 0 $a Honor $z Southern States. 650 0 $a Soldiers $z Confederate States of America $v Biography. 651 0 $a Southern States $x Social life and customs $y 1775-1865. 651 0 $a Southern States $x Social life and customs $y 1865- 651 0 $a United States $x History $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $v Biography. 651 0 $a South Carolina $v Biography. 650 6 $a Honneur $z Etats-Unis (Sud) 651 6 $a Etats-Unis (Sud) $x M¿urs et coutumes $y 1865- 651 6 $a Caroline du Sud $v Biographies. 650 7 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Armed Forces $x Officers. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00814617 650 7 $a Honor. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00960005 650 7 $a Manners and customs. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01007815 650 7 $a Soldiers. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01125233 651 7 $a South Carolina. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204600 651 7 $a Southern States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01244550 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 651 7 $a United States $z Confederate States of America. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01205435 648 7 $a Since 1775 $2 fast 655 2 $a Biography 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 rvmgf 776 08 $i Online version: $a Koivusalo, Anna. $t Man who started the Civil War $d Columbia : The University of South Carolina Press, [2022] $z 9781643363066 $w (DLC) 2022002706 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117014408.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D71C527C96FD11ED8856CD373CECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search