Mr Lincolns Army

Author : Bruce Catton
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504024184
Total Pages : 519 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mr. Lincoln's Army written by Bruce Catton and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2015-11-03 with total page 519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vivid account of the early battles, first in the Pulitzer Prize-winning trilogy: “One of America’s foremost Civil War authorities” (Kirkus Reviews). The first book in Bruce Catton’s Pulitzer Prize–winning Army of the Potomac Trilogy, Mr. Lincoln’s Army is a riveting history of the early years of the Civil War, when a fledgling Union Army took its stumbling first steps under the command of the controversial general George McClellan. Following the secession of the Southern states, a beleaguered President Abraham Lincoln entrusted the dashing, charismatic McClellan with the creation of the Union’s Army of the Potomac and the responsibility of leading it to a swift and decisive victory against Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. Although a brilliant tactician who was beloved by his troops and embraced by the hero-hungry North, McClellan’s ego and ambition ultimately put him at loggerheads with his commander in chief—a man McClellan considered unworthy of the presidency. McClellan’s weaknesses were exposed during the Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest day in American military history, which ended in a stalemate even though the Confederate troops were greatly outnumbered. After Antietam, Lincoln ordered McClellan’s removal from command, and the Union entered the war’s next chapter having suffered thousands of casualties and with great uncertainty ahead. America’s premier chronicler of the nation’s brutal internecine conflict, Bruce Catton is renowned for his unparalleled ability to bring a detailed and vivid immediacy to Civil War battlefields and military strategy sessions. With tremendous depth and insight, he presents legendary commanders and common soldiers in all their complex and heartbreaking humanity.

Author : Roy Meredith
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780486230214
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mr. Lincoln's Camera Man, Mathew B. Brady written by Roy Meredith and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1974-01-01 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells of Mathew B. Brady, a Civil War photographer, with over 300 reproductions of his work.

Author : Quita V. Shier
Publisher : Author Solutions
ISBN 13 : 9781532040429
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Warriors in Mr. Lincoln's Army written by Quita V. Shier and published by Author Solutions. This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Bruce Catton
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0385044518
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Stillness at Appomattox written by Bruce Catton and published by Anchor. This book was released on 1990-08-01 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • America's foremost Civil War historian recounts the final year of the Civil War in his final volume of the Army of the Potomac Trilogy. Bruce Catton takes the reader through the battles of the Wilderness, the Bloody Angle, Cold Harbot, the Crater, and on through the horrible months to one moment at Appomattox. Grant, Meade, Sheridan, and Lee vividly come to life in all their failings and triumphs.

Author : Tom Wheeler
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061749834
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mr. Lincoln's T-Mails written by Tom Wheeler and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Civil War was the first "modern war." Because of the rapid changes in American society, Abraham Lincoln became president of a divided United States during a period of technological and social revolution. Among the many modern marvels that gave the North an advantage was the telegraph, which Lincoln used to stay connected to the forces in the field in almost real time. No leader in history had ever possessed such a powerful tool to gain control over a fractious situation. An eager student of technology, Lincoln (the only president to hold a patent) had to learn to use the power of electronic messages. Without precedent to guide him, Lincoln began by reading the telegraph traffic among his generals. Then he used the telegraph to supplement his preferred form of communication—meetings and letters. He did not replace those face-to-face interactions. Through this experience, Lincoln crafted the best way to guide, reprimand, praise, reward, and encourage his commanders in the field. Mr. Lincoln's T-Mails tells a big story within a small compass. By paying close attention to Lincoln's "lightning messages," we see a great leader adapt to a new medium. No reader of this work of history will be able to miss the contemporary parallels. Watching Lincoln carefully word his messages—and follow up on those words with the right actions—offers a striking example for those who spend their days tapping out notes on computers and BlackBerrys. An elegant work of history, Mr. Lincoln's T-Mails is an instructive example of timeless leadership lessons.

Author : G. Clifton Wisler
Publisher : Perfection Learning
ISBN 13 : 9780780773721
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mr. Lincoln's Drummer written by G. Clifton Wisler and published by Perfection Learning. This book was released on 1997-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accurate details give a true picture of the Civil War and the courage of ten-year-old Willie Johnston, who served as a drummer boy, and who was awarded the congressional Medal of Honor and asked to play his drum for President Lincoln.

Author : Gary D. Joiner
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1461667356
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mr. Lincoln's Brown Water Navy written by Gary D. Joiner and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2007-07-26 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Union inland navy that became the Mississippi Squadron is one of the greatest, yet least studied aspects of the Civil War. Without it, however, the war in the West may not have been won, and the war in the East might have lasted much longer and perhaps ended differently. The men who formed and commanded this large fighting force have, with few exceptions, not been as thoroughly studied as their army counterparts. The vessels they created were highly specialized craft which operated in the narrow confines of the Western rivers in places that could not otherwise receive fire support. Ironclads and gunboats protected army forces and convoyed much needed supplies to far-flung Federal forces. They patrolled thousands of miles of rivers and fought battles that were every bit as harrowing as land engagements yet inside iron monsters that created stifling heat with little ventilation. This book is about the intrepid men who fought under these conditions and the highly improvised boats in which they fought. The tactics their commanders developed were the basis for many later naval operations. Of equal importance were lessons learned about what not to do. The flag officers and admirals of the Mississippi Squadron wrote the rules for modern riverine warfare.

Author : Bruce Catton
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 9780385041676
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Glory Road written by Bruce Catton and published by Anchor. This book was released on 1990 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HISTORY-GENERAL HISTORY

Author : Edward G. Longacre
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 9780811710497
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lincoln's Cavalrymen written by Edward G. Longacre and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This modern study focuses solely on the cavalry of the Army of the Potomac and includes all major battles and commanders. Drawing heavily on primary sources, the author has consulted 50 manuscript collections pertaining to general officers of cavalry as well as the unpublished letters and diaries of 200 officers and enlisted men, representing almost every mounted unit in the Army of the Potomac.

Author : Bruce Catton
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504024214
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Grant Takes Command written by Bruce Catton and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2015-11-03 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pulitzer Prize–winning historian’s “lively and absorbing” biography of Ulysses S. Grant and his leadership during the Civil War (The New York Times Book Review). This conclusion to Bruce Catton’s acclaimed history of General Grant begins in the summer of 1863. After Grant’s bold and decisive triumph over the Confederate Army at Vicksburg, President Lincoln promoted him to the head of the Army of the Potomac. The newly named general was virtually unknown to the Union’s military high command, but he proved himself in the brutal closing year and a half of the War Between the States. Grant’s strategic brilliance and unshakeable tenacity crushed the Confederacy in the battles of the Overland Campaign in Virginia and the Siege of Petersburg. In the spring of 1865, Grant finally forced Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House, thus ending the bloodiest conflict on American soil. Although tragedy struck only days later when Lincoln—whom Grant called “incontestably the greatest man I have ever known”—was assassinated, Grant’s military triumphs would ensure that the president’s principles of unity and freedom would endure. In Grant Takes Command, Catton offers readers an in-depth portrait of an extraordinary warrior and unparalleled military strategist whose brilliant battlefield leadership saved an endangered Union.