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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... advances in the West. The necessity for keeping communications open along the secure water route of the Mississippi River in late 1862 made Grant's line of operations so obvious that the Confederates could force him to approach them ...
... advances in the West. The necessity for keeping communications open along the secure water route of the Mississippi River in late 1862 made Grant's line of operations so obvious that the Confederates could force him to approach them ...
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... advance to commence from Gordonsville on August 20. Longstreet's corps on the right was to cross the Rapidan River at Raccoon Ford ; Jackson's , on the left , was to cross at Sommerville Ford . Anderson's division , to which was ...
... advance to commence from Gordonsville on August 20. Longstreet's corps on the right was to cross the Rapidan River at Raccoon Ford ; Jackson's , on the left , was to cross at Sommerville Ford . Anderson's division , to which was ...
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... advance , driving in the few Confederate skirmishers . The artillery drove them back , and then suddenly all firing ceased . An ominous silence prevailed . At about 3 P.M. , a huge concentration of Federals , which had massed behind the ...
... advance , driving in the few Confederate skirmishers . The artillery drove them back , and then suddenly all firing ceased . An ominous silence prevailed . At about 3 P.M. , a huge concentration of Federals , which had massed behind the ...
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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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