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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... operations would have been difficult on the Great Lakes and along the upper Union coast- line. Clearly the United States had the power to fight a two-front war and Hattaway adroitly suggests that a stalemate seemed likely and would have ...
... operations would have been difficult on the Great Lakes and along the upper Union coast- line. Clearly the United States had the power to fight a two-front war and Hattaway adroitly suggests that a stalemate seemed likely and would have ...
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... operation, enabling the Confederates easily to concentrate against them. Rebel guerrilla activity and early ... operations so obvious that the Confederates could force him to approach them head on. A Union frontal attack failed ...
... operation, enabling the Confederates easily to concentrate against them. Rebel guerrilla activity and early ... operations so obvious that the Confederates could force him to approach them head on. A Union frontal attack failed ...
Page 10
... operation by rail in Virginia were easily discernible , though the Confederates could turn the Union army on the west , and the Union forces could turn the Confederates on the east . R. E. Lee used this advantage in 1862 and 1863 , and ...
... operation by rail in Virginia were easily discernible , though the Confederates could turn the Union army on the west , and the Union forces could turn the Confederates on the east . R. E. Lee used this advantage in 1862 and 1863 , and ...
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... operation unrealistic. The massing of troops in North Carolina may even have caused Davis and Lee to harbor unrealistic expectations in 1864 about what Joseph E. Johnston and Hood could achieve against Sherman. But the Confederates used ...
... operation unrealistic. The massing of troops in North Carolina may even have caused Davis and Lee to harbor unrealistic expectations in 1864 about what Joseph E. Johnston and Hood could achieve against Sherman. But the Confederates used ...
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... operations. That the Confederacy could supply Richmond all during the siege of Petersburg, from June 1864 through March 1865, shows, however, that the Southern system could be made to work. But the absorption in the concerns of day-to ...
... operations. That the Confederacy could supply Richmond all during the siege of Petersburg, from June 1864 through March 1865, shows, however, that the Southern system could be made to work. But the absorption in the concerns of day-to ...
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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