Reflections of a Civil War Historian: Essays on Leadership, Society, and the Art of WarUniversity of Missouri Press, 2004 - 254 pages |
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... March to the Sea, Davis also subordinated South Carolina, Geor- gia, and Florida to this division. Though more effective under Beauregard than it had been under Johnston, even this large division lacked the resources essential to ...
... March to the Sea, Davis also subordinated South Carolina, Geor- gia, and Florida to this division. Though more effective under Beauregard than it had been under Johnston, even this large division lacked the resources essential to ...
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... March 1865, shows, however, that the Southern system could be made to work. But the absorption in the concerns of day-to-day operations by both the president and the secretary of war tended to delay the adequate addressing of problems ...
... March 1865, shows, however, that the Southern system could be made to work. But the absorption in the concerns of day-to-day operations by both the president and the secretary of war tended to delay the adequate addressing of problems ...
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... march toward the front. Lee and his men moved in darkness and, after a tiresome trek, encamped just before dawn on the 30th, not knowing precisely where they were in relation to Jackson's corps, only that they were somewhere on the ...
... march toward the front. Lee and his men moved in darkness and, after a tiresome trek, encamped just before dawn on the 30th, not knowing precisely where they were in relation to Jackson's corps, only that they were somewhere on the ...
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... March 1850, Marie died giving birth to a daughter, who was named Laure, for her mother. Though he grieved for his wife, Beau- regard was devoted to his daughter, whom he said was “as perfect a human being as I have ever known.”4 During ...
... March 1850, Marie died giving birth to a daughter, who was named Laure, for her mother. Though he grieved for his wife, Beau- regard was devoted to his daughter, whom he said was “as perfect a human being as I have ever known.”4 During ...
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... March 1 , 1861 . The Confederate bombardment of Fort Sumter initiated the most brutal and bloody conflagration in America's history to that time . Beauregard was the first commander of Southern troops to engage in military confrontation ...
... March 1 , 1861 . The Confederate bombardment of Fort Sumter initiated the most brutal and bloody conflagration in America's history to that time . Beauregard was the first commander of Southern troops to engage in military confrontation ...
Contents
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The War Strikes Home | 52 |
A Virginian | 66 |
Lincolns Presidential Example in Dealing with the Military | 78 |
The War inside the Church | 99 |
The Crux of Frank L | 111 |
We Shall Cease to Be Friends | 133 |
Civil War to World War I | 147 |
The War Board the Basis of the United States | 158 |
Creation Mobilization | 169 |
The Evolution of Tactics in the Civil War | 200 |
On Remembering and Reliving History | 221 |
Index | 237 |
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