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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... defeat for the South would inevitably mean a violent change of all the ways of Southern life, above all, a change imposed by force from outside, instead of the gradual change he wished to see effected from within. He was opposed to ...
... defeat for the South would inevitably mean a violent change of all the ways of Southern life, above all, a change imposed by force from outside, instead of the gradual change he wished to see effected from within. He was opposed to ...
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... defeated him utterly, and sent him flying south with only a few hundred followers left. Boonville was, in itself, a ... defeating him at Boonville and driving his forces south in headlong flight he had practically made the whole Missouri ...
... defeated him utterly, and sent him flying south with only a few hundred followers left. Boonville was, in itself, a ... defeating him at Boonville and driving his forces south in headlong flight he had practically made the whole Missouri ...
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... defeated by the main Confederate army at Bull Run, on that vital ground which lay between the rival capitals. In April Lincoln had called for three-month volunteers. In May the term of service for new enlistments was three years. In ...
... defeated by the main Confederate army at Bull Run, on that vital ground which lay between the rival capitals. In April Lincoln had called for three-month volunteers. In May the term of service for new enlistments was three years. In ...
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... enthusiasm. The press campaign was at its height; so was the speechifying; and ninety-nine people out of every hundred thought Beauregard's twenty-two thousand at Bull Run would be defeated in a way that would be sure to make the South ...
... enthusiasm. The press campaign was at its height; so was the speechifying; and ninety-nine people out of every hundred thought Beauregard's twenty-two thousand at Bull Run would be defeated in a way that would be sure to make the South ...
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... defeated. But the division again fumbled about to little purpose; and for the second time McDowell's admirable plan was spoilt. It was now past noon on that sweltering midsummer day; and there was a welcome lull for the rallying ...
... defeated. But the division again fumbled about to little purpose; and for the second time McDowell's admirable plan was spoilt. It was now past noon on that sweltering midsummer day; and there was a welcome lull for the rallying ...
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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