Lincoln and the tools of war /

First published in 1956, this is an account of the arming of the Union forces in the Civil War, and of Lincoln's part in it, showing Lincoln in a new and engaging light. Lincoln was determined to win the war, yet his generals seemed unable to give him a victory, so he reasoned that Yankee ingen...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bruce, Robert V.
Otros Autores: Thomas, Benjamin Platt, 1902-1956 (writer of foreword.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: San Francisco : Papamoa Press, 2017.
Temas:
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Military leadership.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865
Command of troops
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Captain Dahlgren
  • General Ripley
  • Men without guns
  • No time for novelties
  • Inventors in the White House
  • Ramsay and the arsenal
  • Bureaucrats and breechloaders
  • The coffee-mill gun
  • Lincoln's field artillery
  • Patent nonsense
  • The Trent affair
  • Winter of discontent
  • An encounter at Hampton Roads
  • The president perseveres
  • Trial by combat
  • Admiral Dahlgren
  • Gunning for Charleston
  • Ripley's last stand
  • Farewell to arms
  • A peal of ordnance.

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