Bibliograph

1858, Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, and the war they failed to see, Bruce Chadwick

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1858, Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, and the war they failed to see, Bruce Chadwick

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

1858

Medium

electronic resource eBook

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Bruce Chadwick

Sub title

Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, and the war they failed to see

Summary

As 1858 dawned, the men who would become the iconic figures of the Civil War had no idea it was about to occur: Jefferson Davis was dying, Robert E. Lee was on the verge of resigning from the military, and William Tecumseh Sherman had been reduced to running a roadside food stand. By the end of 1858, the lives of these men would be forever changed, and the North and South were set on a collision course that would end with the deaths of 630,000 young men. This is the story of seven men on the brink of a war that would transform them into American legends, and the events of the year that set our union on fire

Target audience

adult

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Eighteen fifty-eight

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