Lincoln and the War's End

by John C. Waugh

Book Overview

On the night of his reelection on November 8, 1864, President Abraham Lincoln called on the nation to "re-unite in a common effort, to save our common country." By April 9 of the following year, the Union had achieved this goal with the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House. In this lively volume, John C. Waugh chronicles in detail Lincoln's role in the final five months of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809333511
• ISBN13: 9780809333516
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 8.1"