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Hymns of the Republic : the story of the final year of the American Civil War
(based on Goodreads ratings)Audience Adults
Published [2019] by Thorndike Press, Waterville, ME
ISBN 9781432872045
Bib Id 2473409
Copyright 2019
Edition Large print edition.
Description 697 pages (large print) : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
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03807cam a2200565Ii 4500
ISBN
9781432872045 (large print) $36.00
1432872044
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LG-PRINT 973.7 G
Title
Hymns of the Republic : the story of the final year of the American Civil War
Varying Form of Title
Story of the final year of the American Civil War
Edition
Large print edition.
Publication Information
[2019] by Thorndike Press, Waterville, ME :
Copyright Date
©2019
Description
697 pages (large print) : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 653-693).
Contents
The end begins -- With malice toward all -- The armies of spring -- A wilderness of pain -- Shovels and other weapons of war -- One additional horror -- A battlefield angel -- A circus of ineptitude -- The persuasive logic of gunpowder -- An elaborate slaughter -- The man who lost everything -- The mind of Ulysses S. Grant -- The war against Lincoln -- Politics of the not-quite-real -- Valley of fire -- Backroads to fame -- The moralist from hell -- Uncle Billy's book of moments -- Death ahead of them, death behind them -- Richmond is burning -- This bitter glory -- The unbearable weight of history -- Hell itself.
Summary
The fourth and final year of the Civil War offers one of that era's most compelling narratives, defining the nation and one of history's great turning points. Now, S.C. Gwynne'sHymns of the Republic addresses the time Ulysses S. Grant arrives to take command of all Union armies in March 1864 to the surrender of Robert E. Lee at Appomattox a year later. Gwynne breathes new life into the epic battle between Lee and Grant; the advent of 180,000 black soldiers in the Union army; William Tecumseh Sherman's March to the Sea; the rise of Clara Barton; the election of 1864 (which Lincoln nearly lost); the wild and violent guerrilla war in Missouri; and the dramatic final events of the war, including the surrender at Appomattox and the murder of Abraham Lincoln.
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