| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 136 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Concise Lincoln Library |
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Concise Lincoln library.
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| Contents |
Prologue: worth more than a battle won -- Armies on the march -- Unfinished business -- Advance and retreat -- Confederacy on the ropes -- Deathblow to slavery -- Negotiating peace -- With malice toward none -- At the seat of war -- "This means victory" -- Sitting in Davis's seat -- The road to Appomattox -- War's end -- Epilogue: the grand farewell |
| Summary |
On the night of his reelection on November 8, 1864, President Abraham Lincoln called on the nation to "re-unite in a common effort, to save our common country." By April 9 of the following year, the Union had achieved this goal with the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House. In this lively volume, John C. Waugh chronicles in detail Lincoln's role in the final five months of the war, revealing how Lincoln and Grant worked together to bring the war to an end. Beginning with Lincoln's reelection, Waugh highlights the key military and pol |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Military leadership.
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| SUBJECT |
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 fast |
| Subject |
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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Military campaigns
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Command of troops
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Peace
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Regions & Countries - Americas.
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History & Archaeology.
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United States - General.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140216
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Peace.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140260
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| Subject |
United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2014003039 |
| ISBN |
080933352X |
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9780809333523 |
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