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Lincoln's Civil War Leadership and the Rise of Grant
The piece outlines Lincoln's struggle to find capable generals from 1861 to 1865. It follows McClellan, Burnside, Hooker, Meade, and finally Ulysses S. Grant, highlighting their battles at Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Vicksburg, and Appomattox as the Union finds decisive leadership to win the war.
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Fort Sumter
United States
Union
Abraham Lincoln
Confederacy
Robert E. Lee
Winfield Scott
Bull Run
Washington
Lincoln
George McClellan
McClellan
Army of the Potomac
Lee
Richmond
Antietam
Ambrose Burnside
Burnside
Fredericksburg
Joseph Hooker
Chancellorsville
George Meade
Gettysburg
Penn
Meade
Potomac River
Vicksburg
Miss
Mississippi River
Ulysses S. Grant
Grant
Virginia
Appomattox Court House