September Suspense
Author: Dennis E. Frye
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Published: 2012
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780985411909
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In September 1862, the United States had been ripped apart by a civil war entering its 18th month and it was the nation's, and Mr. Lincoln's, most trying period, as Gen. Robert E. Lee invaded Union soil, panicking cities, destroying political alliances and causing the North to reconsider whether it was best to redouble its war efforts or give up and let the South pursue its own course. The author looks at a cache of newspapers from this time to demonstrate just how fragile the national bond had become by the autumn of 1862