Title:
Crucible of commmand : Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee -- the war they fought, the peace they forged / William C. Davis.
ISBN:
9780306822452
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Boston, MA : Da Capo Press, a Member of the Perseus Books Group, [2014]
Physical Description:
xxi, 629 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Contents:
Icons -- Sons and fathers -- School of the soldier -- Fighting on the same side -- Times of trial -- A crisis made for them -- "What has become of Gen. Lee?", "Who is General Grant?" -- Lee frustrated and Grant victorious -- Shiloh and sevens -- Lee victorious and Grant frustrated -- "What have we to live for if not victories?" -- Two rivers to cross -- July 1863 -- Hints of the inevitable -- "If defeated nothing will be left us to live for" -- "A mere question of time" -- Meeting again -- Grant and Lee in 1868 -- The last meeting.
Geographic Term:
OCLC Number:
ocn868039681
Availability:
Burnsville - Burnhaven~1
