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 before hostilities began. There is at least one statistical indication that Northern generals as a group were more scholarly ...
... success and status before the war. All of the top twenty Union generals had become well-qualified military men before hostilities began. There is at least one statistical indication that Northern generals as a group were more scholarly ...
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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 inferior qualifications against a ...
... 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 inferior qualifications against a ...
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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 concentration 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 concentration 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 front ...
... 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 front ...
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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