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Author:
Waugh, John C.
Title:
Lincoln and McClellan : the troubled partnership between a president and his general / John C. Waugh.
Edition:
1st ed.
Publisher:
Palgrave Macmillan,
Copyright Date:
2010
Description:
xii, 252 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., plans ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Lincoln, Abraham,--1809-1865--Military leadership.
McClellan, George Brinton,--1826-1885--Military leadership.
United States--Campaigns.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.
Command of troops--History--19th century.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical reference (p. [219]-244) and index.
Contents:
Parallel beginnings -- Between two wars -- Catching the brass ring -- The real McClellan -- Man on horseback -- The numbers game -- Under siege -- Presidential angst -- Planning for Armageddon -- Troubled minds -- Yorktown blues -- At the gates of Richmond -- Shifting blame -- Dogfight down the James -- New policy and old brains -- In command of nothing -- The road to Sharpsburg -- Hellfire on the Antietam -- The quiet after the storm -- McClellan's bodyguard -- Fatigued horses -- Sacked -- The unpolitical politician -- Two storks by a frog pond -- Sound and fury.
ISBN:
0230613497 (hc.)
9780230613492 (hc.)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)537652623
LCCN:
2010008452
Locations:
HLPC845 -- Alton Public Library (Alton)
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
LTAX046 -- Indian Hills Community College Library - Centerville (Centerville)
N4AX745 -- Iowa Lakes Community College Library - Emmetsburg (Emmetsburg)
GVPC501 -- Monroe Public Library (Monroe)
LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

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