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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... command of all Virginia's forces. Three days later "Joe" Johnston took command of the Virginians at Richmond. One day later again "Stonewall" Jackson took command at Harper's Ferry. Johnston played a great and noble part throughout the ...
... command of all Virginia's forces. Three days later "Joe" Johnston took command of the Virginians at Richmond. One day later again "Stonewall" Jackson took command at Harper's Ferry. Johnston played a great and noble part throughout the ...
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... command of road, rail, and water routes. The plan to raid it was arranged at Richmond on the sixteenth of April. But when the raiders reached it on the eighteenth they found it abandoned and its Arsenal in flames. The machine shops ...
... command of road, rail, and water routes. The plan to raid it was arranged at Richmond on the sixteenth of April. But when the raiders reached it on the eighteenth they found it abandoned and its Arsenal in flames. The machine shops ...
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... command of the increasing force at Harper's Ferry, while Jackson was given the First Shenandoah Brigade, a unit soon, like himself, to be raised by service into fame. On the first and third of May Virginia issued calls for more men; and ...
... command of the increasing force at Harper's Ferry, while Jackson was given the First Shenandoah Brigade, a unit soon, like himself, to be raised by service into fame. On the first and third of May Virginia issued calls for more men; and ...
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... command in May. But here the crisis did not occur for months, while a border campaign was already being fought in West Virginia. West Virginia, which became a separate State during the war, was strongly Federal, like eastern Tennessee ...
... command in May. But here the crisis did not occur for months, while a border campaign was already being fought in West Virginia. West Virginia, which became a separate State during the war, was strongly Federal, like eastern Tennessee ...
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... command) and with General Jacob D. Cox leading the force against Gauley. The Confederates did all they could to keep their precarious foothold. They sent political chiefs, like Henry A. Wise, ex-Governor of Virginia, and John B. Floyd ...
... command) and with General Jacob D. Cox leading the force against Gauley. The Confederates did all they could to keep their precarious foothold. They sent political chiefs, like Henry A. Wise, ex-Governor of Virginia, and John B. Floyd ...
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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