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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... never until now appeared in print. It is usual in works of this sort to open with a chapter-length au- tobiographical essay. However, since I look forward to collecting es- says of a more personal nature in another volume, I will open ...
... never until now appeared in print. It is usual in works of this sort to open with a chapter-length au- tobiographical essay. However, since I look forward to collecting es- says of a more personal nature in another volume, I will open ...
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... never had held the rank of brigadier. The year 1862 saw the most rapid ex- pansion of the list of senior generals (for both sides): during that time new appointments to major generalcies and above numbered thirty-eight for the ...
... never had held the rank of brigadier. The year 1862 saw the most rapid ex- pansion of the list of senior generals (for both sides): during that time new appointments to major generalcies and above numbered thirty-eight for the ...
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... never could see any advantage in! In defending his own army against reduction, Lee was led, tem- porarily, to repudiate the quite promising principle espoused by the western concentration bloc. In the Chickamauga campaign of September ...
... never could see any advantage in! In defending his own army against reduction, Lee was led, tem- porarily, to repudiate the quite promising principle espoused by the western concentration bloc. In the Chickamauga campaign of September ...
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... never- theless inflicted serious damage on the Southern cause from the very start. An early and crucial error was to appoint Samuel Cooper to the post of adjutant and inspector general, the highest-ranking position in the Confederate ...
... never- theless inflicted serious damage on the Southern cause from the very start. An early and crucial error was to appoint Samuel Cooper to the post of adjutant and inspector general, the highest-ranking position in the Confederate ...
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... never, until April 8, 1989, gotten around to visiting the battlefield! I know that my dear and respected friends—among them Richard Sommers and Albert Castel—believe it is reprehensible to write about military actions if one has not ...
... never, until April 8, 1989, gotten around to visiting the battlefield! I know that my dear and respected friends—among them Richard Sommers and Albert Castel—believe it is reprehensible to write about military actions if one has not ...
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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