Our one common country : Abraham Lincoln and the Hampton Roads peace conference of 1865 / James B. Conroy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Conroy, James B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hampton Roads Peace Conference (1865).

Hampton Roads Peace Conference.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Peace.

United States.

History.

Peace.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.

Lincoln, Abraham.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 390 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, an imprint of Globe Pequot Press, [2014]

Summary:

"Our One Common Country explores the most critical meeting of the Civil War. Given short shrift or overlooked by many historians, the Hampton Roads Conference of 1865 was a crucial turning point in the War between the States. In this well written and highly documented book, James B. Conroy describes in fascinating detail what happened when leaders from both sides came together to try to end the hostilities. The meeting was meant to end the fighting on peaceful terms. It failed, however, and the war dragged on for two more bloody, destructive months. Through meticulous research of both primary and secondary sources, Conroy tells the story of the doomed peace negotiations through the characters who lived it. With a fresh and immediate perspective, Our One Common Country offers a thrilling and eye-opening look into the inability of our nation's leaders to find a peaceful solution. The failure of the Hamptons Roads Conference shaped the course of American history and the future of America's wars to come"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I Friends in Power

1 A Self-Immolating Devotion to Duty 2

2 Lacking in the Quality of Leadership 8

3 A Problematical Character, Full of Contradictions 14

4 Good and True Friends 20

5 The Only Way to Make Spaniels Civil Is to Whip Them 28

6 Who Will He Treat With, or How Commence the Work? 33

7 The Wise Men Are Those Who Would End It 41

8 I Do Not Think I Would Get Back 52

9 As Once a Friend and Still, I Hope, Not an Enemy 61

Part II We Are But One People

10 A Treachery Unworthy of Men of Honor 72

11 A New Channel for the Bitter Waters 80

12 We Are on the Eve of an Internal Revolution 92

13 A Determined Stand Ought to Be Made for Peace 104

14 Is There Nothing That Will Degrade a Man? 118

15 You Will Not Assume to Definitely Consummate Anytiing 128

16 I Was Never So Much Disappointed in My Life 140

17 With Evident Indications of High Gratification 155

18 There Has Been Nothing We Could Do for Our Country 172

Part III A Suffering and Distracted Country

19 It Is More Dangerous to Make Peace Than to Make War 202

20 You Are All Against Me 212

21 Thank God We Know It Now 221

22 To Serve a People in Spite of Themselves 231

23 It Is the Province of Statesmanship to Consider of These Things 240

24 With Cheerful Confidence in the Result 251

25 Allow Judge Campbell to See This, But Do Not Make It Public 265

26 The Rebels Are Our Countrymen Again 274

27 I Am as One Walking in a Dream 282.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 368-379) and index.

ISBN:

0762778075

9780762778072

OCLC:

843955755

Publisher Number:

99956850209