Glenn David Brasher
Autor de The Peninsula Campaign and the Necessity of Emancipation
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The book does not, and is not intended to provide a complete chronological review of the Civil War, militarily nor politically, but rather focuses specifically on the interaction of the slaves in the Virginia peninsula during General McCellan's early attempts to capture Richmond. The activities of the slaves in helping Confederate troops, and of their value to Union troops, ultimately helped to convince many Northerners that emancipation was a military necessity. It was interesting to see how political pressure for emancipation influenced Lincoln's decision to issue the Emancipation Proclamation after the Peninsula Campaign to take Richmond failed early in the War.… (más)