02795nam 2200601 450 991078703030332120230803205431.00-8093-3362-7(CKB)3710000000250636(EBL)1809664(SSID)ssj0001350286(PQKBManifestationID)12457292(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001350286(PQKBWorkID)11288937(PQKB)10188209(MiAaPQ)EBC1809664(OCoLC)892969356(MdBmJHUP)muse35553(Au-PeEL)EBL1809664(CaPaEBR)ebr10947744(CaONFJC)MIL649285(OCoLC)892798839(EXLCZ)99371000000025063620141008h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLincoln and the military /John F. MarszalekCarbondale, Illinois :Southern Illinois University Press,2014.©20141 online resource (166 p.)Concise Lincoln LibraryDescription based upon print version of record.0-8093-3361-9 1-322-18021-0 Includes bibliographical references and index."No commander ever started with a heavier handicap" -- "Why don't they come!" -- "The integrity of the union [is] prominent" -- "Without slavery, the rebellion could never have existed" -- "It is the old difficulty" -- "He is managing the war" -- "He has the grit of a bulldog" -- "A victory worth more than a battle won" -- "He will stand in history beside Washington, perhaps higher". When Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States in 1860, he came into office with practically no experience in military strategy and tactics. Consequently, at the start of the Civil War, he depended on leading military men to teach him how to manage warfare. As the war continued and Lincoln matured as a military leader, however, he no longer relied on the advice of others and became the major military mind of the war. In this brief overview of Lincoln's military actions and relationships during the war, John F. Marszalek traces the sixteenth president's evolution from a nonmiConcise Lincoln library.Civil-military relationsUnited StatesHistory19th centuryUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865CampaignsCivil-military relationsHistory973.7092Marszalek John F.1939-1462630MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787030303321Lincoln and the military3758544UNINA