1863: Lincoln's Pivotal Year

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Copyright © 2013 by the Board of Trustees, Southern Illinois University Introduction and chapter 10 copyright © 2013, Harold Holzer; chapter 1 copyright © 2013, Edna Greene Medford; chapter 2 copyright © 2013, Frank J. Williams ; chapter 3 copyright © 2013, Craig L. Symonds; chapter 4 copyright © 2013, Barnet Schecter; chapter 5 copyright © 2013, Catherine Clinton; chapter 6 copyright © 2013, John F. Marszalek and Michael B. Ballard; chapter 7 copyright © 2013, Bob Zeller; chapter 8 copyright © 2013, William C. Davis; chapter 9 copyright © 2013, Orville Vernon Burton All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Publication of this book has been partially supported by subvention from Friends of the Lincoln Collection of Indiana. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data 1863 : Lincoln’s pivotal year / edited by Harold Holzer and Sara Vaughn Gabbard. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8093-3246-5 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN 0-8093-3246-9 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-8093-3247-2 (ebook) (print) ISBN 0-8093-3247-7 (ebook) (print) 1. United States—History—Civil War, 1861–1865. 2. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809–1865—Military leadership. 3. United States—Politics and government—1861–1865. I. Holzer, Harold. II. Gabbard, Sara Vaughn. III. Title: Lincoln’s pivotal year. E470.A1169 2013 973.7'33—dc23 2012040723 Printed on recycled paper. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992. Directors of Friends of the Lincoln Collection of Indiana are proud to sponsor this book and to dedicate it to Ian McKenzie Rolland “honorable alike in what we give, and in what we preserve.” —Abraham Lincoln, Message to Congress, December 1, 1862 Friends of the Lincoln Collection of Indiana P.O. Box 11083 Fort Wayne, IN 46855 www.lincolncollection.org ...