Lincoln Finds A General. Volume One. A Military Study Of The Civil War

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publisher Place: Bloomington
Publisher Year: 1949
Edition: First Edition

Description: 443 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Three years of war passed before the historic day in March, 1864, when the experienced and modest Grant met Lincoln, also experienced and equally modest. Behind the General were notable successes; behind the President were months of disappointment with generals who had been unequal to the hard task of conducting offensive operations against the Confederate army commanded b Three years of war passed before the historic day in March, 1864, when the experienced and modest Grant met Lincoln, also experienced and equally modest. Behind the General were notable successes; behind the President were months of disappointment with generals who had been unequal to the hard task of conducting offensive operations against the Confederate army commanded by Lee, and who had even missed good chances of shortening the war by destroying Lee's army on his two ventures across the Potomac. ...more

ISBN: 0253203597