The Organized War, 1863–1864 and The Organized War to Victory, 1864–1865

Name: The Organized War, 1863–1864 and The Organized War to Victory, 1864–1865
Author: Allan Nevins
ISBN: 9780020354451

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The Organized War, 1863–1864 and The Organized War to Victory, 1864–1865

Allan Nevins

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"The War for the Union: The Organized War (1863-1864)" and "The Organized War to Victory (1864-1865)" complete "Ordeal of the Union." In this volume Allan Nevins concludes his definitive history of the American Civil War. There is the bloody grinding-down of Confederate resolve, as the Union Army burns Atlanta, Sherman marches to the sea, Lee fails at Gettysburg, and the slow death grip between two great armies in the Battle of the Wilderness winds down in to Appomottox. As these events take center stage, Nevins never forgets the importance of the economic build-up of the North, and the ways that exigencies of war served to create a new concept and new techniques of organization. The work closes with the assasination of Lincoln, the succession of Johnson, and the demobilization of the armies. Returning to the pursuits of peace, America is at once faced with new problems, and a new optimism.

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