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Lincoln's Men : How President Lincoln Became Father to an Army and a Nation

Lincoln's Men : How President Lincoln Became Father to an Army and a Nation Paperback - 2000

by William C. Davis

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An unprecedented look at Lincoln's inspiring, intimate relationship with the Union Troops--based on thousands of letters and diary entries, most never before published. Facsimile documents.

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Free Press, 2000. Paperback. Very Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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  • Title Lincoln's Men : How President Lincoln Became Father to an Army and a Nation
  • Author William C. Davis
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition. 1
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 336
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Free Press, New York
  • Date 2000
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G0684862948I4N00
  • ISBN 9780684862941 / 0684862948
  • Weight 0.95 lbs (0.43 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.9 in (21.34 x 13.97 x 2.29 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1851-1899
    • Topical: Civil War
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 98008069
  • Dewey Decimal Code 973.7

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No American president has enjoyed as intimate a relationship with the soldiers in his army as did the man they called "Father Abraham." In Lincoln's Men, historian William C. Davis draws on thousands of unpublished letters and diaries -- the voices of the volunteers -- to tell the hidden story of how a new and untested president became "Father" throughout both the army and the North as a whole.

How did Lincoln inspire the faith and courage of so many shattered men, as they wandered the inferno of Shiloh or were entrenched in the siege of Vicksburg? Why did soldiers visiting Washington feel free to stroll into the White House as if it were their own home? In this thorough and authoritative work, Davis removes layers of mythmaking to recapture the real moods and feelings of an army facing one of history's bloodiest conflicts. Lincoln's Men casts a new light on our most famous president and on America's revolution -- on our country's father and its rebirth.

About the author

William C. Davis has authored more than twenty-five books on the Civil War, including Jefferson Davis, Breckinridge, "A Government of Our Own" The Making of the Confederacy, and Three Roads to the Alamo. He lives in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.