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The long road to Antietam: how the Civil War became a revolution

By Richard , Lincoln , Abraham;Slotkin

Book information

Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company;Liveright Publishing Corporation
ISBN
9780871404114, 9780393084429, 0871404117, 9780871406651, 0871406659
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
5 MB (5068066 bytes)
Pages
xxxii, 478 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
-- 1809-1865 -- Military leadership;United States.-- 1809-1865;Emancipation Proclamation (United Sta1862;Command of troops;LincolnAbrahamAntietamBattle ofMd.

Description

Turning point : military stalemate and strategic initiatives : July 1862 -- The Confederate offensive : August 1862 -- The invasion of Maryland : September 2-15, 1862 -- The Battle of Antietam : September 16-18, 1862 -- The revolutionary crisis : September 22-November 7, 1862.;In the summer of 1862, after a year of protracted fighting, Abraham Lincoln decided on a radical change of strategy, one that abandoned hope for a compromise peace and committed the nation to all-out war. The centerpiece of that new strategy was the Emancipation Proclamation: an unprecedented use of federal power that would revolutionize Southern society. Turning point : military stalemate and strategic initiatives : July 1862 -- The Confederate offensive : August 1862 -- The invasion of Maryland : September 2-15, 1862 -- The Battle of Antietam : September 16-18, 1862 -- The revolutionary crisis : September 22-November 7, 1862.

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