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...
| Main Author: | Slotkin, Richard, 1942- |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Liveright Publishing Corporation,
c2012.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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.