Lincoln and His Generals
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Since it was first published in 1952, Lincoln and His Generals has remained one of the definitive accounts of Lincoln's wartime leadership. In it T. Harry Williams dramatizes Lincoln's long and frustrating search for an effective leader of the Union Army and traces his transformation from a politician with little military knowledge into a master strategist of the Civil War. Explored in depth are Lincoln's often fraught relationships with generals such as McClellan, Pope, Burnside, Hooker, Fremont, and of course, Ulysses S. Grant. In this superbly written narrative, Williams demonstrates how Lincoln's persistent "meddling" into military affairs was crucial to the Northern war effort and utterly transformed the president's role as commander-in-chief.
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- Intro
- About the Author
- Other Books by This Author
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Preface
- Contents
- Illustrations
- I The Pattern of Command
- II Two Men of Destiny
- III "I Can Do It All"
- IV "You Must Act"
- V "I Give You All I Can"
- VI Failure in the Peninsula
- VII "He Has Got the Slows"
- VIII Lincoln Chooses New Generals
- IX "Give Us Victories"
- X "Is That All?"
- XI "Like a Duck Hit on the Head"
- XII A Modern Command System
- XIII "I Begin to See It"
- XIV Lincoln and the Hour of Victory
- Bibliography
