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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... movement, seen as the key to vic- tory in battle, as much from Winfield Scott and Zachary Taylor in Mexico as they had from Napoleon. For a battle to be decisive, the attacker must reach the enemy's rear with his entire force, inducing ...
... movement, seen as the key to vic- tory in battle, as much from Winfield Scott and Zachary Taylor in Mexico as they had from Napoleon. For a battle to be decisive, the attacker must reach the enemy's rear with his entire force, inducing ...
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... 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 enemy at bay and to cover his Virginia ...
... 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 enemy at bay and to cover his Virginia ...
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... movement , Jackson's corps thrusting ahead and succeeding in getting between Pope's force and Washington . Jackson concentrated north of the Warrenton Turnpike , just above Groveton , and waited . Pope's forces approached , and on ...
... movement , Jackson's corps thrusting ahead and succeeding in getting between Pope's force and Washington . Jackson concentrated north of the Warrenton Turnpike , just above Groveton , and waited . Pope's forces approached , and on ...
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... movements. Jackson's men abandoned the ad- vanced positions they had won, and all returned to the strong de- fensive line along the unfinished railroad. Longstreet's corps stretched out next to them, at an angle bending to the front so ...
... movements. Jackson's men abandoned the ad- vanced positions they had won, and all returned to the strong de- fensive line along the unfinished railroad. Longstreet's corps stretched out next to them, at an angle bending to the front so ...
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Contents
3 | |
18 | |
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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