The Sword of Lincoln: The Army of the PotomacSimon and Schuster, 6. apr. 2005 - 576 strani The Sword of Lincoln is the first authoritative, accessible, single-volume history of the Army of the Potomac from a renowned Civil War historian. From Bull Run to Gettysburg to Appomattox, the Army of the Potomac repeatedly fought -- and eventually defeated -- Robert E. Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia. Jeffry D. Wert, one of our finest Civil War historians, brings to life the battles, the generals, and the common soldiers who fought for the Union and ultimately prevailed. The Army of the Potomac endured a string of losses under a succession of flawed commanders -- McClellan, Burnside, and Hooker -- until at Gettysburg it won a decisive battle under a new commander, General George Meade. Within a year the Army of the Potomac would come under the overall leadership of the Union's new general-in-chief, Ulysses S. Grant. Under Grant the army would finally trap and defeat Lee and his forces. Wert's history draws on letters and diaries, some previously unpublished, to show us what army life was like. Throughout the book Wert shows how Lincoln carefully monitored the operations of the Army of the Potomac, learning as the war progressed, until he found in Grant the commander he'd long sought. Perceptive in its analysis and compellingly written, The Sword of Lincoln is the finest modern account of the army that was central to the Civil War. |
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Chapter Five Along the Chickahominy | 74 |
Chapter Six If We Were Defeated the Army and the Country Would Be Lost | 98 |
Chapter Seven McClellan Has the Army with Him | 126 |
Chapter Eight Behold a Pale Horse | 142 |
Chapter Twelve Big Fight Some Wears Ahead | 259 |
Chapter Thirteen An Army of Lions | 274 |
Chapter Fourteen Virginia Interlude | 310 |
Chapter Fifteen This War Is Horrid | 333 |
Chapter Sixteen A Sit Down Before the Wall of Petersburg | 368 |
Chapter Seventeen I Never Seen a Crazier Set of Fellows | 392 |
Abbreviations | 417 |
Notes | 421 |
Chapter Nine The Armys Saddest Hour | 174 |
Chapter Ten Winter of Transition | 205 |
Chapter Eleven God Almighty Could Not Prevent Me from Winning a Victory | 231 |
Bibliography | 497 |
Index | 535 |
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Ambrose Burnside Antietam army’s artillery assault attack brigade Bull Run Burnside Burnside’s cannon casualties cavalry Chancellorsville Civil War Letters Civil War Papers Colonel Confederate Corps commander Davis defenders Diary Edwin Sumner enemy Federals Fifth Corps fight fire flank Franklin Fredericksburg Campaign Gallagher George George McClellan George Meade Gettysburg Campaign Gettysburg—The Gibbon Grant Halleck Hancock Harper’s Ferry Henry Hill History Hooker Ibid infantry Jackson’s James Longstreet John John Sedgwick Joseph Hooker July June Kearny Lee’s army lieutenant Lincoln McClellan McDowell Meade Meade’s Headquarters Nevins numbers o’clock O’Reilly ordered Peninsula Peninsula Campaign Pennsylvania Porter Potomac president ranks Rappahannock Rebels regiments Rhea Richmond Ridge River Road Scott Sears Second Corps Sedgwick Sheridan SHSW Sixth Corps soldier Southerners Spotsylvania staff officer Styple Sumner Third Corps troops Trudeau Union Army units USAMHI veterans Virginia Warren Washington Webb Papers Wert William Winfield Scott Hancock wounded wrote Yankees