| Authors: |
Slotkin, Richard, 1942-
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| Material type: |
Book |
| Subject: |
Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862.
United States.President (1861-1865 : Lincoln).Emancipation Proclamation.
Lincoln, Abraham,1809-1865 -- Military leadership.
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, c2012. |
| Description: |
xxxii, 478 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780871404114 0871404117 |
| Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Summary: |
In the summer of 1862, after a year of protracted fighting, Abraham Lincoln decided on a radical change of strategy, one that abandoned hope for a compromise peace and committed the nation to all-out war. The centerpiece of that new strategy was the Emancipation Proclamation: an unprecedented use of federal power that would revolutionize Southern society. |