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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... success and status before the war. All of the top twenty Union generals had become well-qualified military men be- fore hostilities began. There is at least one statistical indication that Northern generals as a group were more ...
... success and status before the war. All of the top twenty Union generals had become well-qualified military men be- fore hostilities began. There is at least one statistical indication that Northern generals as a group were more ...
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... successes: in order to attain a Cannae, “a Hannibal is needed on the one side and a Terentius Varro on the other, both cooperating.” But the Confederacy did not often pit a general possessed of Varro's in- ferior qualifications against ...
... successes: in order to attain a Cannae, “a Hannibal is needed on the one side and a Terentius Varro on the other, both cooperating.” But the Confederacy did not often pit a general possessed of Varro's in- ferior qualifications against ...
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... successful integration of almost every rail-connected point into a national system of strategic defense permitted an application on an unprecedented scale of the Napoleonic concept of concentra- tion at the most critical point. Both the ...
... successful integration of almost every rail-connected point into a national system of strategic defense permitted an application on an unprecedented scale of the Napoleonic concept of concentra- tion at the most critical point. Both the ...
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... success, Pope ordered his entire force to concentrate for a decisive assault. But Jackson had selected an admirable defensive position behind an unfinished railroad bed. The grades and cuts provided ready-made entrenchments while the ...
... success, Pope ordered his entire force to concentrate for a decisive assault. But Jackson had selected an admirable defensive position behind an unfinished railroad bed. The grades and cuts provided ready-made entrenchments while the ...
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... success , it would be pointed out that the position was obviously an excellent one , and that Lee certainly needed to expend little or no mental energy in selecting it . ) In this position , Lee's battalion could fire across Jackson's ...
... success , it would be pointed out that the position was obviously an excellent one , and that Lee certainly needed to expend little or no mental energy in selecting it . ) In this position , Lee's battalion could fire across Jackson's ...
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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