Lincoln and His Admirals (Craig L. Symonds - LP) mugs Adelbert Ames--the stern taskmaster who

Adelbert Ames--the stern taskmaster who had transformed the 20th Maine into a fighting regiment--commanded a brigade and then a division at Gettysburg

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In a recent poll of leading historians

Lincoln and His Admirals (Craig L. Symonds - LP) mugs Adelbert Ames--the stern taskmaster whoBy: Craig Symonds Abraham Lincoln began his presidency admitting that he knew "but little of ships," but he quickly came to preside over the largest national armada to that time, not eclipsed until World War I. Written by naval historian Craig L. Symonds, Lincoln and His Admirals unveils an aspect of Lincoln's presidency unexamined by historians until now, revealing how he managed the men who ran the naval side of the Civil War, and how the activities