Tried by war : : Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief
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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 more years -- No peace without victory.
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.
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PUBLISHED
Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, 2009.
Year Published: 2009
Description: 539 p. (large print) : ill., map ; 22 cm.
Language: English
Format: Large Type
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781410413390
141041339X
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Lincoln, Abraham, -- 1809-1865 -- Military leadership.
Executive power -- History -- 19th century.
Presidents -- Biography.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865.