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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... Raid: The War Strikes Home 52 Soldier of Conscience, George H. Thomas: A Virginian Fights for the Union 66 Lincoln's Presidential Example in Dealing with the Military 78 Part 2 Society in Wartime The War inside the Church 99 State ...
... Raid: The War Strikes Home 52 Soldier of Conscience, George H. Thomas: A Virginian Fights for the Union 66 Lincoln's Presidential Example in Dealing with the Military 78 Part 2 Society in Wartime The War inside the Church 99 State ...
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... raids by guerrillas and by substantial forces of regular cavalry could destroy the fragile railroads upon which the supply of invading armies de- pended. Though obsolete on the battlefield, cavalry, as brilliantly led by Forrest and ...
... raids by guerrillas and by substantial forces of regular cavalry could destroy the fragile railroads upon which the supply of invading armies de- pended. Though obsolete on the battlefield, cavalry, as brilliantly led by Forrest and ...
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... raids with powerful resis- tance on the main lines of operation . The fortunate location of South- ern railroads made possible a uniting of the major and minor theaters . Thus the Confederacy could integrate the defense of the Atlantic ...
... raids with powerful resis- tance on the main lines of operation . The fortunate location of South- ern railroads made possible a uniting of the major and minor theaters . Thus the Confederacy could integrate the defense of the Atlantic ...
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... raids did just that to the vast mass of the Southern populace. But it had all previously become moot anyway, in November 1864, with Abra- ham Lincoln's reelection. To conclude, I do not believe that the Confederate generals com- pare ...
... raids did just that to the vast mass of the Southern populace. But it had all previously become moot anyway, in November 1864, with Abra- ham Lincoln's reelection. To conclude, I do not believe that the Confederate generals com- pare ...
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Contents
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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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