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100 1 $aMiller, Edward A.,$d1927-2001.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94037267
245 10 $aLincoln's abolitionist general :$bthe biography of David Hunter /$cEdward A. Miller, Jr.
260 $aColumbia, S.C. :$bUniversity of South Carolina Press,$c[1997], ©1997.
300 $ax, 293 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations, map, portraits ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
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505 0 $aThe start of a military life -- Civilian life and return to the army -- Military and political conflicts -- Command and abolition -- Command and controversy -- Temporary assignments and new opportunities -- Victory and retreat -- Final campaign -- War's end, and after.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 273-285) and index.
520 $aLincoln's Abolitionist General tells the life story of a general who operated on the vanguard of the advance toward emancipation and the enlistment of African American soldiers. Though not nearly as well known as other senior Union generals, David Hunter participated in signal events of Lincoln's presidency and the Civil War and took advantage of his position to champion the rights of African Americans.
520 8 $aThough Hunter was significantly more radical in his abolitionist sentiments than Lincoln, the two developed a friendship that lasted until Lincoln's death. Miller details the evolution of their relationship, from their early correspondence to Hunter's leading role in the trial of those accused of Lincoln's assassination.
520 8 $aDealing extensively with Hunter's Civil War experience, Miller recounts the general's wounding at Bull Run and leadership of the Department of the South at Hilton Head Island, where he issued an order to free the slaves and attempted to enlist the first African American Union soldiers.
520 8 $aCrediting Hunter with early advocacy of the "hard war" policies for which William Tecumseh Sherman later became famous, Miller evaluates Hunter's command of the Shenandoah Valley and sheds light both on Hunter's seemingly vindictive treatment of rebel sympathizers and on his puzzling retreat in the Shenandoah campaign of 1864.
600 10 $aHunter, David,$d1802-1886.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88215129
650 0 $aGenerals$zUnited States$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008105089
610 10 $aUnited States.$bArmy$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140616
650 0 $aAbolitionists$zUnited States$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100460
852 00 $bglx$hE467.1.H9$iM54 1997