Bibliograph

Mr. Lincoln's high-tech war, how the North used the telegraph, railroads, surveillance balloons, ironclads, high-powered weapons, and more to win the Civil War, Thomas B. Allen & Roger MacBride Allen

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Label

Mr. Lincoln's high-tech war, how the North used the telegraph, railroads, surveillance balloons, ironclads, high-powered weapons, and more to win the Civil War, Thomas B. Allen & Roger MacBride Allen

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-142) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Intended audience

1180, Lexile

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Mr. Lincoln's high-tech war

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

223891915

Responsibility statement

Thomas B. Allen & Roger MacBride Allen

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader AR, MG, 8.9, 7.0, 129634.Reading Counts RC, 6-8, 11., 11, Quiz: 46170.

Sub title

how the North used the telegraph, railroads, surveillance balloons, ironclads, high-powered weapons, and more to win the Civil War

Summary

Lincoln knew that winning the war would take more than the same old strategies and maneuvers. It would require using technology to create new ways of waging war. Lincoln worked to make sure his soldiers and sailors had the best and latest hardware. By combining new tools with time-tested tactics, he helped revolutionize warfare

Table Of Contents

Spirit of invention -- 1850-1860: Nation moving toward civil war -- Lincoln's secret train -- Lincoln takes command -- Anaconda plan -- Learning war -- Riding the winds of battle -- Ironclads -- Summer 1862-Spring 1863: Lincoln searches for a general -- Runners & raiders -- Old war, new war -- Slow march to rapid fire -- Homemade navy -- Rails & wires at war -- November 1863-August 1864: Stalemate East & West -- Total war -- Legacy beyond the battlefield

Target audience

juvenile

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