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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... Sherman! The Southern generals enjoyed a certain axiomatic advantage: they frequently could choose to fight on the tactical defensive as they attempted to protect their territory. Tactical realities caused most leaders on both sides to ...
... Sherman! The Southern generals enjoyed a certain axiomatic advantage: they frequently could choose to fight on the tactical defensive as they attempted to protect their territory. Tactical realities caused most leaders on both sides to ...
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... Sherman a good drubbing.” Indeed, one Southern news- paper proclaimed that the Chickasaw Bayou battles “deserve as his- toric a place in history as that of Thermopylae.” The campaign is indeed an interesting illustration of how a great ...
... Sherman a good drubbing.” Indeed, one Southern news- paper proclaimed that the Chickasaw Bayou battles “deserve as his- toric a place in history as that of Thermopylae.” The campaign is indeed an interesting illustration of how a great ...
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... Sherman. But the Confederates used their railways for concentrations at successive points so systematically and efficiently that in his strat- egy for 1864 Grant included key elements intended to prevent any further repetition of this ...
... Sherman. But the Confederates used their railways for concentrations at successive points so systematically and efficiently that in his strat- egy for 1864 Grant included key elements intended to prevent any further repetition of this ...
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... Sherman's devastating marauding raids did just that to the vast mass of the Southern populace. But it had all previously become moot anyway, in November 1864, with Abra- ham Lincoln's reelection. To conclude, I do not believe that the ...
... Sherman's devastating marauding raids did just that to the vast mass of the Southern populace. But it had all previously become moot anyway, in November 1864, with Abra- ham Lincoln's reelection. To conclude, I do not believe that the ...
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... Sherman. After finishing his studies, Beauregard received a commission as a second lieutenant in the prestigious corps of engineers. For the first five years of his military career, Beauregard was a civil engineer; his most significant ...
... Sherman. After finishing his studies, Beauregard received a commission as a second lieutenant in the prestigious corps of engineers. For the first five years of his military career, Beauregard was a civil engineer; his most significant ...
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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