Lincoln and his admirals : Abraham Lincoln, the U.S. Navy, and the Civil War / Craig L. Symonds.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Symonds, Craig L., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Military leadership.

Lincoln, Abraham.

Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878.

Welles, Gideon.

Fox, Gustavus Vasa, 1821-1883.

Fox, Gustavus Vasa.

United States. Navy--History--19th century.

United States.

Presidents--United States--Biography.

Presidents.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Naval operations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (445 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work outlines the four factors that explain Abraham Lincoln's success in building a strong Union navy: his pragmatism, his willingness to judge men based on performance rather than politics, his command of new technology, and his deft hand at diplomacy.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1861: GETTING UNDER WAY; 1. "What Have I Done Wrong?": Lincoln and the Fort Sumter Crisis; 2. "A Competent Force": Lincoln and the Blockade; 3. "No Affront to the British Flag": Lincoln and the Trent Affair; 1862: CHARTING A COURSE; 4. "Rain the Rebels Out": Lincoln and the River War; 5. "It Strikes Me There's Something in It": Lincoln and the Monitor; 6. "We Cannot Escape History": Lincoln and the Contrabands; 1863: TROUBLED WATERS; 7. "The Peninsula All Over Again": Lincoln, Charleston, and Vicksburg

8. "I Shall Have to Cut This Knot": Lincoln as Adjudicator9. "Peace Does Not Appear So Distant as It Did": Lincoln and Wartime Politics; 1864: FULL SPEED AHEAD; 10. "A Worthy Object": Lincoln and the Red River Campaign; 11. "A Vote of Thanks": Lincoln and the Politics of Promotion; 12. "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; Abbreviations Used in Notes; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2008.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-416) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-771430-7

1-281-82586-7

9786611825867

0-19-971871-7

OCLC:

476242783