The long road to Antietam how the Civil War became a revolution

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...

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Main Author: Slotkin, Richard, 1942-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, c2012.
Edition:1st ed.
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505 0 |a Turning point : military stalemate and strategic initiatives : July 1862 -- The Confederate offensive : August 1862 -- The invasion of Maryland : September 2-15, 1862 -- The Battle of Antietam : September 16-18, 1862 -- The revolutionary crisis : September 22-November 7, 1862. 
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