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 xiv
... four-year institutions of higher education in the United States, more or less (a few new ones are created and a few die out every year). At least 2,000 of them are in remote places which I would regard as unfit to live in. I have always ...
... four-year institutions of higher education in the United States, more or less (a few new ones are created and a few die out every year). At least 2,000 of them are in remote places which I would regard as unfit to live in. I have always ...
Page 4
... four years of war, had decreased to 42.5 years in both armies. Five states within the Confederacy (Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee) contributed two-thirds of the Southern generals elevated above brigadier. The ...
... four years of war, had decreased to 42.5 years in both armies. Five states within the Confederacy (Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee) contributed two-thirds of the Southern generals elevated above brigadier. The ...
Page 7
... four grades of general; 299 remained in grade at the return of peace. With only a minute nucleus of regular officers, actually both the North and the South managed very well. Warfare often seems a con- test to see who can outblunder ...
... four grades of general; 299 remained in grade at the return of peace. With only a minute nucleus of regular officers, actually both the North and the South managed very well. Warfare often seems a con- test to see who can outblunder ...
Page 12
... four regional commands. Disrupted by the Vicksburg campaign, the western region was not restored until the fall of 1864 when Davis placed Beauregard in command of the Military Division of the West. When Sherman began his March to the ...
... four regional commands. Disrupted by the Vicksburg campaign, the western region was not restored until the fall of 1864 when Davis placed Beauregard in command of the Military Division of the West. When Sherman began his March to the ...
Page 13
... four occasions he employed a turning movement to force the enemy back . Three of these — Second Bull Run , Antietam , and Gettysburg— resulted in spectacular battles , but Lee's fundamental purpose had been and remained to keep the ...
... four occasions he employed a turning movement to force the enemy back . Three of these — Second Bull Run , Antietam , and Gettysburg— resulted in spectacular battles , but Lee's fundamental purpose had been and remained to keep the ...
Contents
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35 | |
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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