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newly sovereign nation, the Confederate States of America. Again, this is not to say that Williams was wrong in his arguments, but simply to illustrate the reasons he made his arguments, and cultural climate that influenced them.

In summation, Lincoln and his Generals is not a bad book. But it is very clear that Williams has written it with many biases and generalizations. He misleads the reader by describing in detail aspects that he claims he would not. He continually defends Lincoln's decisions when it is clear that there is question as to whether or not he was. He gives the conclusions of Lincoln and his Generals before the reader has a chance to read the actual book. He wrote his book during a time of political conservatism in the 1950s, which is not necessarily his fault or unfavorable, but it does influence the conclusions he made about Lincoln. But most importantly of all, the sources Williams chose to support his arguments were all Unionist or in support of Unionists. They are all biased, one-sided sources that will always give Williams the support he is looking for. But again, Lincoln and his Generals and T. Harry Williams were influenced by the politics and feelings of the time. Unfortunately, for his sake, that would not only turn out to be detrimental to his book, but also make it extremely boring and uninspiring as years went on.

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