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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... Thomas: A Virginian Fights for the Union 66 Lincoln's Presidential Example in Dealing with the Military 78 Part 2 Society in Wartime The War inside the Church 99 State Rights and Local Defense: The Crux of Frank L. Owsley's State-Rights ...
... Thomas: A Virginian Fights for the Union 66 Lincoln's Presidential Example in Dealing with the Military 78 Part 2 Society in Wartime The War inside the Church 99 State Rights and Local Defense: The Crux of Frank L. Owsley's State-Rights ...
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... Thomas J. Goss offers a good argument that there were sound and compelling reasons for the naming and retention of the political generals in The War within the Union High Command : Politics and Generalship during the Civil War ...
... Thomas J. Goss offers a good argument that there were sound and compelling reasons for the naming and retention of the political generals in The War within the Union High Command : Politics and Generalship during the Civil War ...
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... Thomas L. Connelly and Archer Jones, in The Politics of Command, called the “western concentration bloc”—wished to seize the initiative and bring about a surprise offensive convergence against a weak Union line. P. G. T. Beauregard ...
... Thomas L. Connelly and Archer Jones, in The Politics of Command, called the “western concentration bloc”—wished to seize the initiative and bring about a surprise offensive convergence against a weak Union line. P. G. T. Beauregard ...
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... Thomas J. Jackson . He had inherited a cumbersomely construed command composed of quasi - independent divisions , sometimes called “ wings . ” Maj . Gen. Daniel H. Hill had the left , James Longstreet the center , and John B. Magruder ...
... Thomas J. Jackson . He had inherited a cumbersomely construed command composed of quasi - independent divisions , sometimes called “ wings . ” Maj . Gen. Daniel H. Hill had the left , James Longstreet the center , and John B. Magruder ...
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... Thomas J. Oakham.6 The state furnished this unit's pieces , and later one of them was put on dis- play at the U.S. Navy Yard.7 3. Jordan's Battery , or the Bedford ( Virginia ) Battery , under Capt . Tyler Calhoun Jordan , later an ...
... Thomas J. Oakham.6 The state furnished this unit's pieces , and later one of them was put on dis- play at the U.S. Navy Yard.7 3. Jordan's Battery , or the Bedford ( Virginia ) Battery , under Capt . Tyler Calhoun Jordan , later an ...
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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