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Tried by war, Abraham Lincoln as commander in chief, James M. McPherson

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Tried by war, Abraham Lincoln as commander in chief, James M. McPherson

Language

eng

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-314) and index

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contains biographical information

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Tried by war

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bibliography

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212847711

Responsibility statement

James M. McPherson

Sub title

Abraham Lincoln as commander in chief

Summary

Evaluates Lincoln's talents as a commander in chief in spite of limited military experience, tracing the ways in which he worked with, or against, his senior commanders to defeat the Confederacy and reshape the presidential role

Table Of Contents

The quest for a strategy, 1861 -- The bottom is out of the tub -- You must act -- A question of legs -- Destroy the rebel army, if possible -- The promise must now be kept -- Lee's army, and not Richmond, is your true objective point -- The heaviest blow yet dealt to the rebellion -- If it takes three years more -- No peace without victory

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Abraham Lincoln as commander in chief

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