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Author:
Simon, John Y.
Title:
The Union forever : Lincoln, Grant, and the Civil War / John Y. Simon ; edited and with an introduction by Glenn W. LaFantasie for the Ulysses S. Grant Association and the Institute for Civil War Studies, Western Kentucky University ; foreword by Harold Holzer and Frank J. Williams
Publisher:
University Press of Kentucky,
Copyright Date:
c2012
Description:
xiii, 311 p. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Lincoln, Abraham,--1809-1865--Military leadership.
Grant, Ulysses S.--(Ulysses Simpson),--1822-1885--Military leadership.
Command of troops--History--19th century.
United States--Campaigns.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.
United States--Politics and government--1861-1865.
Other Authors:
LaFantasie, Glenn W.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Part 1. Abraham Lincoln. House divided: Lincoln and his father -- Abraham Lincoln and Ann Rutledge -- Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, and Fort Sumter -- "Freeing some and leaving others alone": Lincoln's emancipation policy -- Lincoln and "Old Brains" Halleck -- Lincoln's despair: the crisis during the summer of 1864 -- The personal sentiments of Mr. Lincoln -- Part 2. Ulysses S. Grant. Ulysses S. Grant one hundred years later -- The paradox of Ulysses S. Grant -- A marriage tested by war: Ulysses and Julia Grant -- From Galena to Appomattox: Grant and Washburne -- That obnoxious order -- The road to Appomattox: the generalship of Ulysses S. Grant -- Part 3. Lincoln and Grant. Lincoln, Grant, and Kentucky in 1861 -- Grant, Lincoln, and unconditional surrender.
ISBN:
0813134447 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780813134444 (hardcover : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)757463324
LCCN:
2011046136
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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