| Description |
xx, 384 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
American presidency series |
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American presidency series.
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| Contents |
The State of the Union: 1860 -- Assembling the cast: Winter 1860-61 -- To Sumter: January to April 1861 -- Congress organizes, Lincoln acts: April to December 1861 -- Forging the resources of war: January to February 1862 -- Northern power emerges: March to June 1862 -- Leaving old moorings--McClellan and Emancipation: June to December 1862 -- Cabinet crisis: December 1862 -- Emancipation and the limits of dissent: January to June 1863 -- Union power affirmed: May to July 1863 -- The meaning of war: July to December 1863 -- Reconstruction beginnings: May 1862 to December 1863 -- Lincoln affirmed: January to June 1864 -- Louisiana and reelection: June to November 1864 -- The Reconstruction proposition: December 1864 to April 1865 -- Conclusion. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865.
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| ISBN |
0700606718 (hardcover : acid-free paper) : $29.95 |
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