The great task remaining
Subtitle: the third year of Lincoln's war
By: William Marvel
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 430
ISBN-13: 9780618990641
Subjects: Campaigns; Military leadership; History
Description: Analyzes major battles of the third year of the Civil War--including Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, and Vicksburg--as recounted by first-hand witnesses, surveying their views on whether the war's goals justified its costs.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [386]-412) and index.
Table of contents: title: When peace was far away; title: An army stretched out on the hills; title: The road unknown; title: The clear and present danger of democracy; title: Long, too long America; title: Toward Getty's town; title: Uncle Sam says you're the one; title: Take increased devotion; title: Make no parley; title: Armies like ghosts on hills; title: The war will never be done; title: God alone can claim it.