Our One Common Country explores the most critical meeting of the Civil War. Given short shrift or overlooked by many historians, the Hampton Roads Conference of 1865 was a crucial turning point in the War between the States. In this well written and highly documented book, James B. Conroy describes in fascinating detail what happened when leaders from both sides came together to try to end the hostilities. The meeting was meant to end the fighting on peaceful terms. It failed, however, and the war dragged on for two more bloody, destructive months.
Through meticulous research of both primary and secondary sources, Conroy tells the story of the doomed peace negotiations through the characters who lived it. With a fresh and immediate perspective, Our One Common Country offers a thrilling and eye-opening look into the inability of our nation's leaders to find a peaceful solution. The failure of the Hampton Roads Conference shaped the course of American history and the future of America's wars to come.
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“The
end of the Civil War is one of those bits of history we all think we know:
Appomattox and all that. This audiobook opens up the story of the men who were
trying to end the carnage weeks and months earlier, most notably through a
peace conference at Hampton Roads, Virginia. Narrator Malcolm Hillgartner lets
the story carry itself without unnecessary added drama and shades his voice
just enough that we can tell when quotations start and end. He conveys passion
where it’s warranted, particularly in the Southern editorials, without jarring
the overall tenor of the production.”
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