The Crooked Path to Abolition: Abraham Lincoln and the Antislavery Constitution (James Oakes - LP) holzer The desperate struggle for mastery

The desperate struggle for mastery of Virginia's Shenandoah Valley

and another 1% left permanently maimed (the demographic equivalent of 15 million lives ended or shattered today)

giving Lincoln strength to tackle the severe challenges he faced

One key advantage was that the Federals had vast confidence in their commander while the Confederates showed no such assurance

The Crooked Path to Abolition: Abraham Lincoln and the Antislavery Constitution (James Oakes - LP) holzer The desperate struggle for masteryCrooked Path to Abolition: Abraham Lincoln and the Antislavery Constitution by James Oakes An award winning scholar uncovers the guiding principles of Lincolns antislavery strategies. The long and turning path to the abolition of American slavery has often been attributed to the equivocations and inconsistencies of antislavery leaders, including Lincoln himself. But James Oakess brilliant history of Lincolns antislavery strategies reveals a striking