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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... enemy's rear with his entire force, inducing the enemy to make a frontal attack in order to extricate himself and recover his communications. This was a feat so difficult that even Napoleon achieved it only rarely, and so it was that ...
... enemy's rear with his entire force, inducing the enemy to make a frontal attack in order to extricate himself and recover his communications. This was a feat so difficult that even Napoleon achieved it only rarely, and so it was that ...
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... enemy's logistics. Even an inferior mounted force was formidable in this role, and the near parity enjoyed by Confederate cavalry early in the war permitted them temporarily, but completely, to stop Union advances in the West. The ...
... enemy's logistics. Even an inferior mounted force was formidable in this role, and the near parity enjoyed by Confederate cavalry early in the war permitted them temporarily, but completely, to stop Union advances in the West. The ...
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... enemy the presence of organized defensive forces. The successful integration of almost every rail-connected point into a national system of strategic defense permitted an application on an unprecedented scale of the Napoleonic concept ...
... enemy the presence of organized defensive forces. The successful integration of almost every rail-connected point into a national system of strategic defense permitted an application on an unprecedented scale of the Napoleonic concept ...
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... enemy's will to win . Though he was a master of the Napoleonic method , Lee's strat- egy remained essentially ... enemy back . Three of these — Second Bull Run , Antietam , and Gettysburg— resulted in spectacular battles , but Lee's ...
... enemy's will to win . Though he was a master of the Napoleonic method , Lee's strat- egy remained essentially ... enemy back . Three of these — Second Bull Run , Antietam , and Gettysburg— resulted in spectacular battles , but Lee's ...
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... enemy to the east. Lee's artillery battalion, with the last of Longstreet's forces, re- ceived orders late in the evening to march toward the front. Lee and his men moved in darkness and, after a tiresome trek, encamped just before dawn ...
... enemy to the east. Lee's artillery battalion, with the last of Longstreet's forces, re- ceived orders late in the evening to march toward the front. Lee and his men moved in darkness and, after a tiresome trek, encamped just before dawn ...
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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