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Reiter (2009) Turning Points of the American Civil War
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:name: reiter2009_turning_points
:path: reiter2009_turning_points.csv
:format: csv

Turning Points of the American Civil War in Dan Reiter (2009) *How Wars End*.

Chapter 8 of discusses five turning points (and associated periods) of the American Civil War.
Four of these turning points are based off of those listed by James McPherson in *The Battle Cry of Freedom*; the fifth is the end of the war.


Sources: [Reiter2009]_


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period           Time period of the turning point  Period
start_date       date                              Start Date
description      string                            Description
favor            string                            War Favor
war_aims_change  string                            War Aims Change
comment          string                            Comment
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period
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:title: Period
:type: Time period of the turning point
:format: default





       
start_date
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:title: Start Date
:type: date
:format: default





       
description
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:title: Description
:type: string
:format: default


Brief description of the turning point


       
favor
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:title: War Favor
:type: string
:format: default
:constraints:
    :enum: ['Union', 'Confederacy']
    

Which side did the turning point favor: Union or Confederacy?


       
war_aims_change
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:title: War Aims Change
:type: string
:format: default


Did either side change war aims in the following period?


       
comment
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:title: Comment
:type: string
:format: default