Lincoln's political generals /

At the beginning of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln initiated a policy of granting politicians generals' commissions. The president's goal was to bind these influential men and the political and ethnic constituencies they represented to the war effort, thus ensuring national supp...

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Main Author:	Work, David
Format:	Thesis Book
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 2004.
Subjects:	Major history.
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