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Lincoln and the War's End /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Waugh, John C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 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.