Lincoln and the war's end / John C. Waugh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Waugh, John C., author.

Series:

Concise Lincoln library.

Concise Lincoln Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

United States.

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

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

Lincoln, Abraham.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (153 p.)

Place of Publication:

Carbondale, [Illinois] : Southern Illinois University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

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

Contents:

Prologue: worth more than a battle won

Armies on the march

Unfinished business

Advance and retreat

Confederacy on the ropes

Deathblow to slavery

Negotiating peace

With malice toward none

At the seat of war

"This means victory"

Sitting in Davis's seat

The road to Appomattox

War's end

Epilogue: the grand farewell.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8093-3961-7

0-8093-3352-X

OCLC:

890983375