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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...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Carbondale :
Southern Illinois University Press,
2014.
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| Series: | Concise Lincoln library.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 136 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 080933352X 9780809333523 |