Captains of the Civil War: A Chronicle of the Blue and the GrayGood Press, 2019 M11 26 - 1152 pages "Captains of the Civil War: A Chronicle of the Blue and the Gray" by William Wood William Charles Henry Wood, was a Canadian historian, Scout leader and naturalist. This volume tells the story of the Civil War, with a focus on the leading generals and political figures of the crisis. Using his experience as a historian, Wood gives a comprehensive review of the Civil War from the perspective of a non-American looking at it from the outside. |
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... SHERMAN Photograph by Brady. In the collection of L. C. Handy, Washington. CIVIL WAR: CAMPAIGNS OF 1864 Map by W. L. G. Joerg, American Geographical Society. CAPTAINS OF THE CIVIL WAR THE CLASH: 1861. CHAPTER. I. Table of Contents States ...
... SHERMAN Photograph by Brady. In the collection of L. C. Handy, Washington. CIVIL WAR: CAMPAIGNS OF 1864 Map by W. L. G. Joerg, American Geographical Society. CAPTAINS OF THE CIVIL WAR THE CLASH: 1861. CHAPTER. I. Table of Contents States ...
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... Sherman had retired from the Army without seeing any war service, unlike Haskins, who was a one-armed veteran of the Mexican campaign. But Sherman was determined to stand by the Union, come what might. Yet he was equally determined to ...
... Sherman had retired from the Army without seeing any war service, unlike Haskins, who was a one-armed veteran of the Mexican campaign. But Sherman was determined to stand by the Union, come what might. Yet he was equally determined to ...
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William Wood. Louisiana had seceded, and Sherman had gone north to Lancaster, Ohio, where he arrived about the time of Lincoln's inauguration. Meanwhile, on the eighteenth of February, the greatest of all surrenders had taken place in ...
William Wood. Louisiana had seceded, and Sherman had gone north to Lancaster, Ohio, where he arrived about the time of Lincoln's inauguration. Meanwhile, on the eighteenth of February, the greatest of all surrenders had taken place in ...
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... or construction of ten little gunboats. In April the main storm center went whirling back to Charleston, where Sherman's old friend Beauregard commanded the forces that encircled Sumter. Sumter, still unfinished, had been designed for a.
... or construction of ten little gunboats. In April the main storm center went whirling back to Charleston, where Sherman's old friend Beauregard commanded the forces that encircled Sumter. Sumter, still unfinished, had been designed for a.
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... had armed thousands while Frost had only armed hundreds. But when Frost received siege guns and mortars from farther south Lyon felt the time had come for action. Lyon was a born leader, though Grant and Sherman (then.
... had armed thousands while Frost had only armed hundreds. But when Frost received siege guns and mortars from farther south Lyon felt the time had come for action. Lyon was a born leader, though Grant and Sherman (then.
Contents
CHAPTER VIII | |
CHAPTER IX | |
CHAPTER X | |
Map by W L G Joerg American Geographical Society | |
CAMPAIGNS OF 1862 | |
Map by W L G Joerg American Geographical Society | |
INDEX TABLE OF CONTENTS | |
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