Noah Andre Trudeau
Autore di Gettysburg: A Testing of Courage
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Fonte dell'immagine: Little, Brown And Company
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Opere di Noah Andre Trudeau
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MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 1996 (1996) — Author "Kill the Last Damn One of Them" — 26 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Summer 1998 (1998) — Author "The Battle of Westport" — 13 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Summer 1995 (1995) — Author "That "Unerring Volcanic Firearm"" — 12 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 2008 (2008) — Author "Needless Valor" — 11 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 2000 (2000) — Author "A Record of Wreckage" — 10 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 1994 (1993) — Author "The Walls of 1864" and "The Campaign Trenches Today" — 9 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 2009 (2008) — Author "Decision at Five Forks" — 9 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 2006 (2005) — Author "Ambush on the North Anna" — 9 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Summer 2008 (2008) — Author "Thunder on the Hudson" — 8 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 2008 (2008) — Author "Kill-Cavalry's Ride to the Sea" — 8 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 2005 (2005) — Author "A Symphony of War" and "Listening Guide to the Symphony" — 8 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Summer 2007 (2007) — Author "Mercenary Pilots With La Patrulla Americana" — 8 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 2003 (2003) — Author "The Fort's Our Own!" — 7 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 2003 (2003) — Author "When the Nation Required a Victory" — 7 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Summer 2009 (2009) — Author "Did Lee Doom Himself at Gettysburg?" — 7 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 2010 (2009) — Author "Taking a King's Crown" — 6 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Summer 2000 (2000) — Author "Burnside's Web-Footed Warriors" — 5 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 2006 (2006) — Author "Charles Lee's Disgrace" — 3 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 2010 (2010) — Author "A 'Band of Demons' Fights for Texas" and "Training for Generals" — 3 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Summer 2011 (2011) — Author "Hard War on the Southern Plains" — 2 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 2010 (2010) — Author "Louisiana Quagmire" — 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1949-02-23
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- USA
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- Opere
- 14
- Opere correlate
- 21
- Utenti
- 1,794
- Popolarità
- #14,342
- Voto
- 4.0
- Recensioni
- 25
- ISBN
- 38
- Lingue
- 1
- Preferito da
- 1
It was Lincoln’s longest stay away from the White House during his presidency.. It didn’t start out that way. Lincoln, accompanied by his wife Mary, had planned a two day visit to Grant’s headquarters, beginning on March 24, 1865. Lee’s forces defending Richmond were slowly weakening as Grant extended his lines. The hope was that the decisive breakthrough ending the war was near. Phil Sheridan was rejoining Grant from the Shenandoah valley. Sherman, further off, was marching from the south.
Lincoln arrived as a war-weary president wanting to encourage Grant to finish the job. He described himself saying, “I am very unwell” and he looked it to observers who knew him. He ended up extending his stay for sixteen days and left a different man both physically and in outlook. Noah Andre Trudeau traces Lincoln’s day by day itinerary against the backdrop of the final days of the Civil War, filling in gaps in the somewhat sketchy outlines of Lincoln’s stay at City Point.
Perhaps the event that changed Lincoln’s plans was Grants repulse of the surprise attack on Fort Stedman on the second day. Grant realized that Lee was fatally weakened and further extended his own lines to the southwest and called on Sheridan to attack on Lee’s right flank. Lincoln attended the command summit a few days later that included Sherman as they readied the attack, encouraging them that “Your success is my success.”
As Grant moved west to be at the crucial point of attack, Lincoln was left with little to do but ride and walk, receive visits and visit field hospitals. Unwittingly, he became a war correspondent, passing news from Grant along to Washington, where his reports were disseminated to the public. In so doing, Lincoln broke new ground in media communications, changing the expectations of a president as public communicator to the nation.
Meanwhile, Trudeau also introduces us to the instabilty and vanity of Mary Lincoln and her dustups with Julia Grant. In the end, she returned early while Lincoln stayed on. The portrait of the First Lady is unflattering, suggesting what Lincoln and others who were around her suffered.
Trudeau covers Lincoln’s visits to Peterburg and Richmond, including the scant provisions for security on the first of these trips. A sniper could easily have ended his presidency right there. Instead, we see a president deeply moved both by war’s devastation and the joyful reception he received from emancipated former slaves.
Lincoln finally departs on April 8. One of the most moving descriptions in the book is Lincoln’s visit to the hospitals for each division, literally speaking to every wounded soldier, some who would die within days while others would carry memories of Lincolns attention and encouragement. Throughout the narrative, we hear of Lincoln’s concern to end the bloodshed. His visit reflected his awareness of the precious sacrifice these and many others had made. This included Confederate soldiers who Lincoln would welcome back to the Union without retribution.
And here we glimpse the transformation that Trudeau so skillfully traces. Lincoln came a weary commander-in-chief. He left anticipating the end of hostilities which came the next day. He returned to Washington committed to the task of reunifying a nation and embarking on a new era in the treatment of former slaves. He was physically restored, filled with a sense of fulfilled purpose, and ready for the new challenge of restoring the Union as a peace president. But first an evening’s entertainment at Ford’s Theater…
Trudeau offers us a well-rounded account of the sixteen days at City Point and how they changed Lincoln. Trudeau also reveals to us the depth of character of Lincoln, battered but resilient, firm in resolve, enthusiastic in support for Grant, and tender with the wounded. We see a man capable of growth as he meets former slaves. And we see a man with a far-reaching, magnanimous vision, one that would die with him.… (altro)