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Friendship United States Case studies Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Michigan History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental histories Presidents United States Biography Slavery Political aspects United States History 19th century United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental histories United States Politics and government 1857-1861 United States Politics and government 1861-1865 United States Race relations History 19th century United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 4th (1861-1864)Brands, H. W.
Summary: What causes people to forsake their country and take arms against it? George Washington in the 1770s stood at the apex of Virginia society. Benjamin Franklin was more successful still, having risen from humble origins to world fame. John Adams revered the law. Yet all three men became rebels against the British Empire that fostered their success. Others in the same circle of family and friends...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 973.3 BRACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.3 BRACwiklik, Robert
Summary: An impeccably researched, character-driven narrative history recounting the fascinating late-Reconstruction Era mission of General Philip Sheridan, a Union hero dispatched to the South ten years after the Civil War to protect the rights of newly freed black men, who were under siege by violent paramilitary groups like the White League intent on erasing their postwar gains.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 973.8 CWIOakes, James.
Summary: This is a book about two towering figures in our nation's history. It is a moving story about an improbable friendship, and an important story about an equally improbable alliance. [In the book, the author] has written a ... narrative history. He brings these two iconic figures to life and sheds new light on the central issues of slavery, race, and equality in Civil War America. -Dust jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Co. 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7114 OAKBertera, Martin N.
Summary: From the Publisher: This fascinating narrative tells the story of a remarkable regiment at the center of Civil War history. The real-life adventure emerges from accounts of scores of soldiers who served in the 4th Michigan Infantry, gleaned from their diaries, letters, and memoirs; the reports of their officers and commanders; the stories by journalists who covered them; and the recollections...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2010