Freedom National: The Destruction of Slavery in the United States, 1861-1865 (James Oakes - BH) Size:Hardcover and now the generals had

and now the generals had to learn from their commander in chief

their passionate conflict of words and ideas has been overshadowed by their opposition to Abraham Lincoln

commanding Union Army General George Gordon Meade commandeered the farm to serve as his headquarters due to its centrally located position

With accessible presentation and fresh interpretations of primary and secondary evidence

Lee’s discretionary orders to advance into Maryland and Pennsylvania

Freedom National: The Destruction of Slavery in the United States, 1861-1865 (James Oakes - BH) Size:Hardcover and now the generals hadFreedom National: The Destruction of Slavery in the United States, 1861 1865 by James Oakes Winner of the Lincoln Prize "Oakes brilliantly succeeds in [clarifying] the aims of the war with a wholly new perspective." David Brion Davis, New York Review of Books Freedom National is a groundbreaking history of emancipation that joins the political initiatives of Lincoln and the Republicans in Congress with the courageous actions of Union soldiers and