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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Page xi
... began with a life of Confederate General Stephen D. Lee and progressed to a recent study of Jefferson Davis. Beyond biography he has been concerned with the Civil War armies, with the way the war changed tactics, and with such war ...
... began with a life of Confederate General Stephen D. Lee and progressed to a recent study of Jefferson Davis. Beyond biography he has been concerned with the Civil War armies, with the way the war changed tactics, and with such war ...
Page xiv
... began saluting me! When I told that to my wife, she said they saluted her too. I asked if she returned the salutes, as indeed I did, and she said no— she just waved.) As will be perceived by looking over my selections herein, my primary ...
... began saluting me! When I told that to my wife, she said they saluted her too. I asked if she returned the salutes, as indeed I did, and she said no— she just waved.) As will be perceived by looking over my selections herein, my primary ...
Page 5
... began. There is at least one statistical indication that Northern generals as a group were more scholarly than Southern generals: of the gen- erals who had attended West Point, the Union officers boasted a much higher academic standing ...
... began. There is at least one statistical indication that Northern generals as a group were more scholarly than Southern generals: of the gen- erals who had attended West Point, the Union officers boasted a much higher academic standing ...
Page 12
... began his 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 ...
... began his 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 ...
Page 18
... began investigating the life and career of Stephen D. Lee, and thirteen years since my biog- raphy of him initially appeared in print.1 The book was the first, and I would imagine in all likelihood forever to be the only, full- length ...
... began investigating the life and career of Stephen D. Lee, and thirteen years since my biog- raphy of him initially appeared in print.1 The book was the first, and I would imagine in all likelihood forever to be the only, full- length ...
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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