Ordeal Of The Union The Emergence Of Lincoln Prologue To Civil War 1859 1861

Author : Allan Nevins
Publisher : Scribner
ISBN 13 : 9780020354437
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (544 download)

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Download or read book Ordeal of the Union written by Allan Nevins and published by Scribner. This book was released on 1992 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The War for the Union: The Organized War (1863-1864)" and "The Organized War to Victory (1864-1865)" complete the award-winning magnum opus "Ordeal of the Union." In this volume Allan Nevins concludes his definitive history of the American Civil War. There is the bloody grinding-down of Confederate resolve, as the Union Army burns Atlanta, Sherman marches to the sea, Lee fails at Gettysburg, and the slow death grip between two great armies in the Battle of the Wilderness winds down in to Appomottox. As these events take center stage, Nevins never forgets the importance of the economic build-up of the North, and the ways that exigencies of war served to create a new concept and new techniques of organization. The work closes with the assasination of Lincoln, the succession of Johnson, and the demobilization of the armies. Returning to the pursuits of peace, America is at once faced with new problems, and a new optimism. "Ordeal of the Union" is one of the most important historical works ever written, and is now available for the first time (complete and unabridged) in paperback in four handsome volumes.