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

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Lincoln and his admirals, Abraham Lincoln, the U.S. Navy, and the Civil War, Craig L. Symonds
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-416) and index
resource.biographical
individual biography
Illustrations
portraitsillustrationsplates
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Lincoln and his admirals
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
180753580
Responsibility statement
Craig L. Symonds
Sub title
Abraham Lincoln, the U.S. Navy, and the Civil War
Table Of Contents
1861: GETTING UNDER WAY. "What have I done wrong?": Lincoln and the Fort Sumter crisis -- "A competent force": Lincoln and the blockade -- "No affront to the British flag": Lincoln and the Trent affair -- 1862: CHARTING A COURSE. "Rain and the rebels out": Lincoln and the River war -- "It strikes me there's something in it": Lincoln and the Monitor -- "We cannot escape history": Lincoln and the contrabands -- 1863: TROUBLED WATERS. "The peninsula all over again": Lincoln, Charleston, and Vicksburg -- "I shall have to cut this know": Lincoln as adjudicator -- "Peace does not appear so distant as it did": Lincoln and the wartime politics -- 1864: FULL SPEED AHEAD. "A worthy object": Lincoln and the Red River campaign -- "A vote of thanks" Lincoln and the politics of promotion -- "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
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