The great task remaining : the third year of Lincoln's war / William Marvel.

Author: Marvel, William.

Imprint:Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010.

Descriptionxv, 430 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Note:When peace was far away -- An army stretched out on the hills -- The road unknown -- The clear and present danger of democracy -- Long, too long America -- Toward Getty's town -- Uncle Sam says you're the one -- Take increased devotion -- Make no parley -- Armies like ghosts on hills -- The war will never be done -- God alone can claim it.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [386]-412) and index.

Note:Analyzes major battles of the third year of the Civil War--including Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, and Vicksburg--as recounted by first-hand witnesses, surveying their views on whether the war's goals justified its costs.

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