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Lincoln inspired feelings unlike those instilled by any previous commander-in-chief in America. In Lincoln's Men, William C. Davis draws on thousands of unpublished letters and diaries to tell the hidden story of how a new and untested president could become "Father Abraham" throughout both the army and the North as a whole. How did the Army of the Potomac, yearning for the grandeur of McClellan, turn instead to the comfort of Old Abe, and how was this change of loyalty crucial to final victory?

Davis removes layers of mythmaking to recapture the moods and feelings of an army facing one of history's bloodiest conflicts. Tracing the popular fate of decisions to invoke conscription, to fire McClellan, and to free the slaves, Lincoln's Men casts a new light on our most famous president - the light, that is, of the peculiar mass medium that was the Union Army.

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Free Press
Language
English
Pages
315

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Subjects
Correspondence, Relations with soldiers, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, Diaries, Public opinion, Military leadership, Soldiers, Personal narratives, History, Récits personnels, Histoire, Opinion publique, Command of troops, Militär, Führung, Soldat, Politieke leiding, Amerikaanse burgeroorlog, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, Public opinoin, Correspondence and Diaries, United States, Civil War, 1861-1865
People
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
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United States
Times
19th century, Civil War, 1861-1865

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-307) and index.

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New York, NY

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Dewey Decimal Class
973.7/092
Library of Congress
E457.2 .D33 1999

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xii, 315 p. ;
Number of pages
315

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OL348855M
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ISBN 10
0684833379
LCCN
98008069
OCLC/WorldCat
39182543
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213257
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1150626

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