Lincoln and the war's end /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Waugh, John C.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2014.
Series:Concise Lincoln library.
Subjects:
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Military leadership.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865
1861-1865
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Peace.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Campaigns.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 > Military leadership.
Regions & Countries > Americas.
History & Archaeology.
United States > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Military campaigns
Command of troops
Peace
Regions & Countries - Americas.
United States - General.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Campagnes et batailles.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Paix.
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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