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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... Confederate General Stephen D. Lee and progressed to a recent study of Jefferson Davis. Beyond biography he has been ... Confederacy, especially in its condemnation of local defense forces. Hattaway's careful research offers a fresh ...
... Confederate General Stephen D. Lee and progressed to a recent study of Jefferson Davis. Beyond biography he has been ... Confederacy, especially in its condemnation of local defense forces. Hattaway's careful research offers a fresh ...
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... Confederacy ultimately named eight full generals , seventeen lieutenant generals , and seventy - two major generals ... Confederate generalship compared rather closely and favorably with Federal generalship . It is true , however , that ...
... Confederacy ultimately named eight full generals , seventeen lieutenant generals , and seventy - two major generals ... Confederate generalship compared rather closely and favorably with Federal generalship . It is true , however , that ...
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... Confederate officers with major general- cies or higher remained in service. The average age, after four years of war, had decreased to 42.5 years in both armies. Five states within the Confederacy (Virginia, North and South Carolina ...
... Confederate officers with major general- cies or higher remained in service. The average age, after four years of war, had decreased to 42.5 years in both armies. Five states within the Confederacy (Virginia, North and South Carolina ...
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... Confederates, only two were new to the military, Forrest and Wade Hampton, both of whom had attained consider- able ... Confederate generals possessed both qualifications. Experience outside the military might provide an added dimen ...
... Confederates, only two were new to the military, Forrest and Wade Hampton, both of whom had attained consider- able ... Confederate generals possessed both qualifications. Experience outside the military might provide an added dimen ...
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... Confederacy promoted its first lieutenant generals and named Braxton Bragg a full general, the last man to attain that rank in the South's regular army. (In 1864 Hood was named a full general, but the Confederate Congress later asserted ...
... Confederacy promoted its first lieutenant generals and named Braxton Bragg a full general, the last man to attain that rank in the South's regular army. (In 1864 Hood was named a full general, but the Confederate Congress later asserted ...
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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