The Sword of Lincoln is the first authoritative single-volume
history of the Army of the Potomac in many years. From Bull Run to
Gettysburg to Appomattox, the Army of the Potomac repeatedly fought
-- and eventually defeated -- Robert E. Lee and his Army of
Northern Virginia. Jeffry D. Wert, one of our finest Civil War
historians, brings to life the battles, the generals, and the
common soldiers who fought for the Union and ultimately prevailed.
The Army of the Potomac endured a string of losses under a
succession of flawed commanders -- McClellan, Burnside, and Hooker
-- until at Gettysburg it won a decisive battle under a new
commander, General George Meade. Within a year the Army of the
Potomac would come under the overall leadership of the Union's new
general-in-chief, Ulysses S. Grant. Under Grant the army would
finally trap and defeat Lee and his forces. Wert's history draws on
letters and diaries, some previously unpublished, to show us what
army life was like. Throughout the book Wert shows how Lincoln
carefully monitored the operations of the Army of the Potomac,
learning as the war progressed, until he found in Grant the
commander he'd long sought. Perceptive in its analysis and
compellingly written, The Sword of Lincoln is the finest modern
account of the army that was central to the Civil War.
General
| Imprint: |
Scribner
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
April 2006 |
| First published: |
April 2006 |
| Authors: |
Jeffry D. Wert
|
| Dimensions: |
214 x 141 x 36mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
576 |
| Edition: |
Annotated edition |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-7432-2507-6 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
Promotions
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| LSN: |
0-7432-2507-4 |
| Barcode: |
9780743225076 |
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