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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... remained in service. The average age, after 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 ...
... remained in service. The average age, after 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 ...
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... 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 whom; but, in spite of such ...
... 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 whom; but, in spite of such ...
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... remained a constant and wise advisor , his removal from Richmond not only limited his. 3. It long has been a suspicion of mine that Civil War scholarship has not ad- equately investigated and described the Confederate military department ...
... remained a constant and wise advisor , his removal from Richmond not only limited his. 3. It long has been a suspicion of mine that Civil War scholarship has not ad- equately investigated and described the Confederate military department ...
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... remained essentially defensive , and this was how he fought most of his battles . Still , his strategy often seemed offensive , for on four occasions he employed a turning movement to force the enemy back . Three of these — Second Bull ...
... remained essentially defensive , and this was how he fought most of his battles . Still , his strategy often seemed offensive , for on four occasions he employed a turning movement to force the enemy back . Three of these — Second Bull ...
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... remained in South- ern hands at the war's end; I am not a subscriber to the so-called “bled-white” thesis. But could the struggle have been meaningfully continued, as Davis truly believed was possible? I think not. 16 Reflections of a ...
... remained in South- ern hands at the war's end; I am not a subscriber to the so-called “bled-white” thesis. But could the struggle have been meaningfully continued, as Davis truly believed was possible? I think not. 16 Reflections of a ...
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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