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Author Allen, Thomas B.

Title Mr. Lincoln's high-tech war : how the North used the telegraph, railroads, surveillance balloons, ironclads, high-powered weapons, and more to win the Civil War / Thomas B. Allen & Roger MacBride Allen.

Publication Info. Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2009]
©2009

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 Avon Free Public Library - Children's Department  J 973.7 ALLEN    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Manross Branch - Young Adult  YA973.7 AL53    Check Shelf
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Young Adult  YA 973.7 ALL    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Children's Department  J 973.7 ALL    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 973.7 ALLEN    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department  J 973.301 ALLEN    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Children's Department  J973.7 ALLEN    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Children's Department  J UNITED STATES 973.7 ALL    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Children's Department  J973.73    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Bishop's Corner Branch - Children's Nonfiction  J 973.73 ALLEN    Check Shelf

Description 144 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 x 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-142) and index.
Contents Spirit of invention -- 1850-1860: Nation moving toward civil war -- Lincoln's secret train -- Lincoln takes command -- Anaconda plan -- Learning war -- Riding the winds of battle -- Ironclads -- Summer 1862-Spring 1863: Lincoln searches for a general -- Runners & raiders -- Old war, new war -- Slow march to rapid fire -- Homemade navy -- Rails & wires at war -- November 1863-August 1864: Stalemate East & West -- Total war -- Legacy beyond the battlefield.
Summary Lincoln knew that winning the war would take more than the same old strategies and maneuvers. It would require using technology to create new ways of waging war. Lincoln worked to make sure his soldiers and sailors had the best and latest hardware. By combining new tools with time-tested tactics, he helped revolutionize warfare.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR MG 8.9 7.0 129634.
Subject United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Technology.
United States. Army -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Technology -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Added Author Allen, Roger MacBride.
ISBN 9781426303791
1426303793
9781426303807 library binding
1426303807 library binding
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