03693nam 2200649Ia 450 991045319640332120200520144314.01-281-82586-797866118258670-19-971871-7(CKB)1000000000550291(EBL)415493(OCoLC)476242783(SSID)ssj0000192555(PQKBManifestationID)11166091(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000192555(PQKBWorkID)10196693(PQKB)10094099(SSID)ssj0001146713(PQKBManifestationID)12437825(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001146713(PQKBWorkID)11129752(PQKB)11406989(MiAaPQ)EBC415493(Au-PeEL)EBL415493(CaPaEBR)ebr10254425(CaONFJC)MIL182586(EXLCZ)99100000000055029120080130d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLincoln and his admirals[electronic resource] Abraham Lincoln, the U.S. Navy, and the Civil War /Craig L. SymondsOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20081 online resource (445 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-975157-9 0-19-531022-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-416) and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1861: GETTING UNDER WAY; 1. "What Have I Done Wrong?": Lincoln and the Fort Sumter Crisis; 2. "A Competent Force": Lincoln and the Blockade; 3. "No Affront to the British Flag": Lincoln and the Trent Affair; 1862: CHARTING A COURSE; 4. "Rain the Rebels Out": Lincoln and the River War; 5. "It Strikes Me There's Something in It": Lincoln and the Monitor; 6. "We Cannot Escape History": Lincoln and the Contrabands; 1863: TROUBLED WATERS; 7. "The Peninsula All Over Again": Lincoln, Charleston, and Vicksburg8. "I Shall Have to Cut This Knot": Lincoln as Adjudicator9. "Peace Does Not Appear So Distant as It Did": Lincoln and Wartime Politics; 1864: FULL SPEED AHEAD; 10. "A Worthy Object": Lincoln and the Red River Campaign; 11. "A Vote of Thanks": Lincoln and the Politics of Promotion; 12. "I Must Refer You to General Grant": Lincoln Relinquishes the Conn; 1865: FINAL HARBOR; Epilogue: "Thank God That I Have Lived to See This": Lincoln and the End of the War; Abbreviations Used in Notes; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; YIn 1952, T. Harry Williams wrote the classic study, Lincoln and His Generals. Half a century later, Craig Symonds will write its necessary follow-up, Lincoln and His Admirals - a much-needed history of the Union navy during the Civil War. Given the wealth of books on the military history of the Civil War, surprisingly little has been written about the role of the navy. As Symonds shows, Abraham Lincoln began his presidency as well as the war with virtually no knowledge of naval affairs, lacking both exposure and interest given his upbringing in the Midwest. Despite his inexperience, he quicklyPresidentsUnited StatesBiographyUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Naval operationsElectronic books.Presidents973.7092BSymonds Craig L516874MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453196403321Lincoln and his admirals2063384UNINA