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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... called fleet was a mere assemblage of vessels quite unable to fight the Charleston batteries and without the slightest chance of saving Sumter. Having done his best for the honor of the flag, though not a man was killed within the walls ...
... called fleet was a mere assemblage of vessels quite unable to fight the Charleston batteries and without the slightest chance of saving Sumter. Having done his best for the honor of the flag, though not a man was killed within the walls ...
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... called for 75,000 three-month volunteers. Two days later Confederate letters of marque were issued to any privateers that would prey on Union shipping. Two days later again Lincoln declared a blockade of every port from South Carolina ...
... called for 75,000 three-month volunteers. Two days later Confederate letters of marque were issued to any privateers that would prey on Union shipping. Two days later again Lincoln declared a blockade of every port from South Carolina ...
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... called for men whose term of service would be three years and not three months. Just a week later Missouri was saved for the Union by the daring skill of two determined leaders, Francis P. Blair, a Member of Congress who became a good ...
... called for men whose term of service would be three years and not three months. Just a week later Missouri was saved for the Union by the daring skill of two determined leaders, Francis P. Blair, a Member of Congress who became a good ...
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... called for three-month volunteers. In May the term of service for new enlistments was three years. In June the military chiefs at Washington were vainly doing all that military men could do to make something like the beginnings of an ...
... called for three-month volunteers. In May the term of service for new enlistments was three years. In June the military chiefs at Washington were vainly doing all that military men could do to make something like the beginnings of an ...
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... and Ohio. The peace party wore a copper as a badge, and so came to be known as "Copperheads," much to the disgust of its more inflated members, who called themselves the Sons of Liberty. The war party, with a better appreciation of how.
... and Ohio. The peace party wore a copper as a badge, and so came to be known as "Copperheads," much to the disgust of its more inflated members, who called themselves the Sons of Liberty. The war party, with a better appreciation of how.
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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advance Alabama arms army Atlanta attack Banks battalion batteries battle Beauregard began blockade Bragg brigade Bull Run campaign cavalry Charleston Chattanooga civilian Colonel command Confederate corps Culp's Hill Cumberland defeat defense enemy Farragut Federal fighting fire flank fleet flotilla Fortress Monroe fought Fredericksburg Frémont front garrison Government Grant gunboats guns Halleck hand Harper's Ferry Henry Hill Hooker hundred infantry ironclad Johnston Kearsarge knew land Lee's Lincoln Longstreet maneuvers McClellan McClernand McDowell Merrimac miles military Mississippi naval navy never North Northern numbers officers orders Orleans Pope Port Hudson Potomac raid rails rear reinforcements retreat Richmond river round Savannah sea-power sent Shenandoah Shenandoah Valley Sheridan Sherman ships shot side soldiers South Southern Stanton Stonewall Jackson stood strategic Stuart Sumter supplies surrender Tennessee thousand took troops turned Union armies Union forces Valley vessels Vicksburg victory Washington West Virginia whole