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Counter-Thrust - From the Peninsula to the Antietam (Paperback): Benjamin Franklin Cooling

Counter-Thrust - From the Peninsula to the Antietam (Paperback)

Benjamin Franklin Cooling

Series: Great Campaigns of the Civil War

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During the summer of 1862, a Confederate resurgence threatened to turn the tide of the Civil War. When the Union's earlier multitheater thrust into the South proved to be a strategic overreach, the Confederacy saw its chance to reverse the loss of the Upper South through counteroffensives from the Chesapeake to the Mississippi. Benjamin Franklin Cooling tells this story in "Counter-Thrust," recounting in riveting detail Robert E. Lee's flouting of his antagonist George B. McClellan's drive to capture the Confederate capital at Richmond and describing the Confederate hero's long-dreamt-of offensive to reclaim central and northern Virginia before crossing the Potomac.

"Counter-Thrust" also provides a window into the Union's internal conflict, which hampered building a successful military leadership team during this defining period. Cooling shows us Lincoln's administration in disarray, with relations between the president and field commander McClellan strained to the breaking point. He also shows how the fortunes of war shifted abruptly in the Union's favor, climaxing at Antietam with the bloodiest single day in American history--and in Lincoln's decision to announce a preliminary emancipation proclamation. Here in all its gritty detail and considerable depth is a critical moment in the unfolding of the Civil War and American history.

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Imprint: University of Nebraska Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: Great Campaigns of the Civil War
Release date: October 2013
First published: December 2013
Authors: Benjamin Franklin Cooling
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade / Trade
Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 978-0-8032-7172-2
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > Humanities > History > American history > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > History > American history > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
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LSN: 0-8032-7172-7
Barcode: 9780803271722

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