Description |
xiv, 430 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-416) and index. |
Contents |
1861: GETTING UNDER WAY. "What have I done wrong?": Lincoln and the Fort Sumter crisis -- "A competent force": Lincoln and the blockade -- "No affront to the British flag": Lincoln and the Trent affair -- 1862: CHARTING A COURSE. "Rain and the rebels out": Lincoln and the River war -- "It strikes me there's something in it": Lincoln and the Monitor -- "We cannot escape history": Lincoln and the contrabands -- 1863: TROUBLED WATERS. "The peninsula all over again": Lincoln, Charleston, and Vicksburg -- "I shall have to cut this know": Lincoln as adjudicator -- "Peace does not appear so distant as it did": Lincoln and the wartime politics -- 1864: FULL SPEED AHEAD. "A worthy object": Lincoln and the Red River campaign -- "A vote of thanks" Lincoln and the politics of promotion -- "I must refer you to General Grant": Lincoln relinquishes the conn -- 1865: FINAL HARBOR. Epilogue: "Thank God that I have lived to see this": Lincoln and the end of the war. |
Subject |
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Military leadership.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations.
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Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
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United States. Navy -- History -- 19th century.
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Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878.
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Fox, Gustavus Vasa, 1821-1883.
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ISBN |
0195310225 (acid-free paper) |
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9780195310221 (acid-free paper) |
Standard No. |
AU@ 000042714781 |
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AU@ 000043603316 |
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NZ1 12520387 |
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IG# 9780195310221 |
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