Hymns of the Republic
The Story of the Final Year of the American Civil War
New York : Scribner, 2019.
Format: Book
Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
Description: xii, 395 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
"S.C. Gwynne's Hymns of the Republic addresses the period from Ulysses S. Grant's appointment as general of all Union armies in March 1864 to the surrender of Robert E. Lee at Appomattox a year later." --Provided by publisher.
Contents:
The end begins -- With malice toward all -- Armies of spring -- A wilderness of pain -- Shovels and other weapons of war -- One additional horror -- Battlefield angel -- A circus of ineptitude -- The persuasive logic of gunpowder -- An elaborate slaughter -- The man who lost everything -- The mind of Ulysses S. Grant -- The war against Lincoln -- Politics of the not quite real -- Valley of fire -- Back roads to fame -- The moralist from hell -- Uncle Billy's book of moments -- Death ahead of them, death behind them -- Richmond is burning -- This bitter glory -- The unbearable weight of history -- Hell itself.
ISBN:
9781501116223 (hardcover)
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY War Civil Gwy | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
HISTORY War Civil Gwy | Sandhills Indoors | Nonfiction | In |
HISTORY War Civil Gwy | Southeast | Nonfiction | Out (Due: 6/21/2024) |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-368) and index.