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Subject(s)

• Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865—Military leadership [Browse]
• Welles, Gideon 1802-1878 [Browse]
• Fox, Gustavus Vasa 1821-1883 [Browse]
• United States Navy—History—19th century [Browse]
• Presidents—United States—Biography [Browse]
• United States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865—Naval operations [Browse]

Series

Oxford scholarship online. [More in this series]

Summary note

This work outlines the four factors that explain Abraham Lincoln's success in building a strong Union navy: his pragmatism, his willingness to judge men based on performance rather than politics, his command of new technology, and his deft hand at diplomacy.

Notes

• Formerly CIP.
• Previously issued in print: 2008.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-416) and index.

Source of description

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

Language note

English

Contents

• Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1861: GETTING UNDER WAY; 1. "What Have I Done Wrong?": Lincoln and the Fort Sumter Crisis; 2. "A Competent Force": Lincoln and the Blockade; 3. "No Affront to the British Flag": Lincoln and the Trent Affair; 1862: CHARTING A COURSE; 4. "Rain the Rebels Out": Lincoln and the River War; 5. "It Strikes Me There's Something in It": Lincoln and the Monitor; 6. "We Cannot Escape History": Lincoln and the Contrabands; 1863: TROUBLED WATERS; 7. "The Peninsula All Over Again": Lincoln, Charleston, and Vicksburg
• 8. "I Shall Have to Cut This Knot": Lincoln as Adjudicator9. "Peace Does Not Appear So Distant as It Did": Lincoln and Wartime Politics; 1864: FULL SPEED AHEAD; 10. "A Worthy Object": Lincoln and the Red River Campaign; 11. "A Vote of Thanks": Lincoln and the Politics of Promotion; 12. "I Must Refer You to General Grant": Lincoln Relinquishes the Conn; 1865: FINAL HARBOR; Epilogue: "Thank God That I Have Lived to See This": Lincoln and the End of the War; Abbreviations Used in Notes; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

ISBN

• 0-19-771430-7
• 1-281-82586-7
• 9786611825867
• 0-19-971871-7

OCLC

• 476242783
• 1406782624
• 962880087

Doi

10.1093/oso/9780195310221.001.0001

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