Lincoln's Darkest Year - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Lincoln's Darkest Year write by William Marvel. This book was released on 2008. Lincoln's Darkest Year available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Discusses Lincoln's presidency from the perspective of the second year of the Civil War, examining the actions of Lincoln and other military and political leaders as well as the hardships faced by ordinary citizens and public opposition to the war.
Rise to Greatness
Rise to Greatness - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rise to Greatness write by David Von Drehle. This book was released on 2012-10-30. Rise to Greatness available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Von Drehle has chosen a critical year ('the most eventful year in American history' and the year Lincoln rose to greatness), done his homework, and written a spirited account."N"Publishers Weekly."
Tarnished Victory
Tarnished Victory - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Tarnished Victory write by William Marvel. This book was released on 2011. Tarnished Victory available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A critical look at the the fourth year of Lincoln's administration and the conclusion of the author's four-volume re-examination of the Civil War.
Black Flag
Black Flag - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Black Flag write by Th Goodrich. This book was released on 1995. Black Flag available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From 1861 to 1865, the region along the Missouri-Kansas border was the scene of unbelievable death and destruction. Thousands died, millions of dollars in property was lost, entire populations were violently uprooted. It was here also that some of the greatest atrocities in American history occurred. Yet in the great national tragedy of the Civil War, this savage warfare has seemed a minor episode. Drawing from a wide array of contemporary documents - including diaries, letters, and firsthand newspaper accounts - Thomas Goodrich presents a hair-raising report of life in this merciless guerrilla war. Filled with dramatic detail, Black Flag reveals war at its very worst, told in the words of the participants themselves. Bushwhackers and Jayhawkers, soldiers and civilians, scouts, spies, runaway slaves, the generals and the guerrillas - all step forward to tell of their terrifying ordeals.
The Great Task Remaining
The Great Task Remaining - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Great Task Remaining write by William Marvel. This book was released on 2010-06-22. The Great Task Remaining available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Focusing on the dramatic events of 1863, this is “a well-researched and well-written study that will be a fine addition to Civil War collections” (Booklist). The Great Task Remaining is a striking, often poignant portrait of people in conflict—not only in battles between North and South, but within and among themselves as the cost of the ongoing carnage sometimes seemed too much to bear. As 1863 unfolds, we see draft riots in New York, the disaster at Chancellorsville, the battle of Gettysburg, and the end of the siege of Vicksburg. Then, astonishingly, the Confederacy springs vigorously back to life after the Union summer triumphs, setting the stage for Lincoln’s now famous speech on the Pennsylvania battlefield. Without abandoning the underlying sympathy for Lincoln, William Marvel makes a convincing argument for the Gettysburg Address as being less of a paean to liberty than an appeal to stay the course in the face of rampant antiwar sentiment. This book offers a provocative history of a dramatic year—a year that saw victory and defeat, doubt and riot—as well as a compelling story of a people who clung to the promise of a much-longed-for end. “By 1863 Northern citizens and soldiers were increasingly and openly wondering whether preserving the union and ending slavery were worth the cost of Mr. Lincoln’s war. Disillusion and war-weariness had set in: the war’s only fruits seemed to be moral and political degradation, dangerous constitutional precedents, tens of thousands dead and maimed. The Battle of Chickamauga appeared to have restored the stalemate. Marvel particularly conveys the looming crisis of the impending expiration of the three-year enlistments that were the Union army’s norm. That, combined with the increasing reluctance of Northern men to volunteer or send their sons, could have ended the war by default. Romance and adventure or misery and peril—which emotions would prevail? As Marvel conclusively demonstrates, the coin remained in the air as 1863 came to an end.” —Publishers Weekly
