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.
Subjects:	Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862. Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Military leadership. United States. > President (1861-1865 : Lincoln). > Emancipation Proclamation.
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