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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... North Won: A Military History of the Civil War (with Archer Jones) Why the South Lost the Civil War (with Richard E. Beringer, Archer Jones, and William N. Still Jr.) Three Years with Quantrill: A True Story Told by His Scout, John ...
... North Won: A Military History of the Civil War (with Archer Jones) Why the South Lost the Civil War (with Richard E. Beringer, Archer Jones, and William N. Still Jr.) Three Years with Quantrill: A True Story Told by His Scout, John ...
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... North Won : A Military History of the Civil War ( 1983 ) . It emphasizes the South much more than the North , reflecting my greater interest . I thought perhaps I might acknowledge this tendency with a new and more specifically ...
... North Won : A Military History of the Civil War ( 1983 ) . It emphasizes the South much more than the North , reflecting my greater interest . I thought perhaps I might acknowledge this tendency with a new and more specifically ...
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... North and South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee) contributed two-thirds of the Southern generals elevated above brigadier. The remaining six states, comprising the Gulf Coast area, could boast of only five higher gen- erals. But this ...
... North and South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee) contributed two-thirds of the Southern generals elevated above brigadier. The remaining six states, comprising the Gulf Coast area, could boast of only five higher gen- erals. But this ...
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... North's West Point generals finished in the top quarter of their class, where- as only 25 percent of the South's generals ranked that high. And conversely, 23 percent of the South's generals ranked in the bottom quarter of their class ...
... North's West Point generals finished in the top quarter of their class, where- as only 25 percent of the South's generals ranked that high. And conversely, 23 percent of the South's generals ranked in the bottom quarter of their class ...
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... duty after the Vicksburg debacle, though not as a lieutenant gen- eral—he selflessly accepted a lieutenant colonelcy. Like Pemberton (and, in the North, John Pope, relegated to Indian-fighting duty 6 Reflections of a Civil War Historian.
... duty after the Vicksburg debacle, though not as a lieutenant gen- eral—he selflessly accepted a lieutenant colonelcy. Like Pemberton (and, in the North, John Pope, relegated to Indian-fighting duty 6 Reflections of a Civil War Historian.
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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