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The great task remaining : the third year of Lincoln's war
Title:
The great task remaining : the third year of Lincoln's war
Author:
Marvel, William.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2010]

©2010
Physical Description:
xv, 430 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Summary:
Analyzes major battles of the third year of the Civil War--including Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, and Vicksburg--as recounted by first-hand witnesses, surveying their views on whether the war's goals justified its costs.
Language:
English
Contents:
When peace was far away -- An army stretched out on the hills -- The road unknown -- The clear and present danger of democracy -- Long, too long America -- Toward Getty's town -- Uncle Sam says you're the one -- Take increased devotion -- Make no parley -- Armies like ghosts on hills -- The war will never be done -- God alone can claim it.
ISBN:
9780618990641
Format :
Book