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Lincoln's Men
- Author
- William C. Davis
- Narrator
- Grover Gardner
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 2 May 2023
- Run Time
- 12 hours 52 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
No American president has enjoyed as intimate a relationship with the soldiers in his army as did the man they called “Father Abraham.” In Lincoln’s Men, historian William C. Davis draws on thousands of unpublished letters and diaries—the voices of the volunteers—to tell the hidden story of how a new and untested president became “Father” throughout both the army and the North as a whole.
How did Lincoln inspire the faith and courage of so many shattered men, as they wandered the inferno of Shiloh or were entrenched in the siege of Vicksburg? Why did soldiers visiting Washington feel free to stroll into the White House as if it were their own home? In this thorough and authoritative work, Davis removes layers of mythmaking to recapture the real moods and feelings of an army facing one of history’s bloodiest conflicts. Lincoln’s Men casts a new light on our most famous president and on America’s revolution—on our country’s father and its rebirth.
Critics Review
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“Amid a continuing avalanche of books about the Civil War, William C. Davis’s Lincoln’s Men is in a class of its own.”
Boston Globe
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“Dramatic, moving, informative, human to the core, this study is historical reporting at its best.”
Richmond Times-Dispatch
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“Davis sheds new light both on our sixteenth president and on his epoch.”
Publishers Weekly
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“Davis meticulously recounts Lincoln’s efforts to gain the army fair pay, humane living conditions, and adequate medical care. In one delightful chapter, the author describes Lincoln’s policy of freely granting leniency to soldiers convicted at courts-martial…His examination of Lincoln from the viewpoint of the average Union soldier confirms “Old Abe’s” undeniable genius as a wartime leader.”
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Details
- Author
- William C. Davis
- Narrator
- Grover Gardner
- Duration
- 12 hours 52 minutes
- Release Date
- 2 May 2023
- ISBN
- 9798200950119
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Biography: historical, political and military, Political leaders and leadership
Synopsis
No American president has enjoyed as intimate a relationship with the soldiers in his army as did the man they called “Father Abraham.” In Lincoln’s Men, historian William C. Davis draws on thousands of unpublished letters and diaries—the voices of the volunteers—to tell the hidden story of how a new and untested president became “Father” throughout both the army and the North as a whole.How did Lincoln inspire the faith and courage of so many shattered men, as they wandered the inferno of Shiloh or were entrenched in the siege of Vicksburg? Why did soldiers visiting Washington feel free to stroll into the White House as if it were their own home? In this thorough and authoritative work, Davis removes layers of mythmaking to recapture the real moods and feelings of an army facing one of history’s bloodiest conflicts. Lincoln’s Men casts a new light on our most famous president and on America’s revolution—on our country’s father and its rebirth.
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