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The union forever : Lincoln, Grant, and the Civil War /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Simon, John Y.
Other Authors: LaFantasie, Glenn W.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [2012]
Subjects:
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Military leadership.
Grant, Ulysses S. > (Ulysses Simpson), > 1822-1885 > Military leadership.
Command of troops > History > 19th century.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Campaigns.
United States > Politics and government > 1861-1865.
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. Abraham Lincoln. House divided: Lincoln and his father
  • Abraham Lincoln and Ann Rutledge
  • Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, and Fort Sumter
  • "Freeing some and leaving others alone": Lincoln's emancipation policy
  • Lincoln and "Old Brains" Halleck
  • Lincoln's despair: the crisis during the summer of 1864
  • The personal sentiments of Mr. Lincoln
  • Part 2. Ulysses S. Grant. Ulysses S. Grant one hundred years later
  • The paradox of Ulysses S. Grant
  • A marriage tested by war: Ulysses and Julia Grant
  • From Galena to Appomattox: Grant and Washburne
  • That obnoxious order
  • The road to Appomattox: the generalship of Ulysses S. Grant
  • Part 3. Lincoln and Grant. Lincoln, Grant, and Kentucky in 1861
  • Grant, Lincoln, and unconditional surrender.