TY - BOOK AU - Slotkin,Richard TI - The long road to Antietam: how the Civil War became a revolution SN - 9780871404114 AV - E474.65 .S57 2012 U1 - 973.7/336 23 PY - 2012///] CY - New York PB - Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company KW - Lincoln, Abraham, KW - Lincoln, Abraham KW - United States KW - President (1861-1865 : Lincoln) KW - Emancipation Proclamation KW - sears KW - Antietam, Battle of (Maryland : 1862) KW - fast KW - Emancipation Proclamation (United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln)) KW - Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862 KW - HISTORY KW - Civil War Period (1850-1877) KW - bisacsh KW - Command of troops KW - Schlacht am Antietam KW - gnd KW - Sezessionskrieg KW - 1861-1865 KW - Amerikaanse burgeroorlog KW - gtt KW - Slavernij KW - Emancipatie KW - Veldslagen KW - Slaget vid Antietam 1862 KW - sao KW - Presidenter KW - historia KW - Maryland KW - Verenigde Staten KW - Antietam N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-461) and index; Turning point : military stalemate and strategic initiatives : July 1862 -- The Confederate offensive : August 1862 -- The invasion of Maryland : September 2-15, 1862 -- The Battle of Antietam : September 16-18, 1862 -- The revolutionary crisis : September 22-November 7, 1862 N2 - In the summer of 1862, after a year of protracted fighting, Abraham Lincoln decided on a radical change of strategy, one that abandoned hope for a compromise peace and committed the nation to all-out war. The centerpiece of that new strategy was the Emancipation Proclamation: an unprecedented use of federal power that would revolutionize Southern society UR - http://www.wwnorton.com ER -