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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... Grant for Cold Harbor, as well I think we must, it seems correct to forgive R. E. Lee his decisions on the third day at Gettysburg. As might have been expected in view of the common parentage of both armies, their respective leadership ...
... Grant for Cold Harbor, as well I think we must, it seems correct to forgive R. E. Lee his decisions on the third day at Gettysburg. As might have been expected in view of the common parentage of both armies, their respective leadership ...
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... Grant, I long ago con- cluded, despite my Southern upbringing, parentage, and family ties—achieved it three times ... Grant's Fort Donelson and Vicksburg successes: in order to attain a Cannae, “a Hannibal is needed on the one side and a ...
... Grant, I long ago con- cluded, despite my Southern upbringing, parentage, and family ties—achieved it three times ... Grant's Fort Donelson and Vicksburg successes: in order to attain a Cannae, “a Hannibal is needed on the one side and a ...
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... Grant's line of operations so obvious that the Confederates could force him to approach them head on. A Union frontal attack failed at Chickasaw Bayou.2 That battle later lent some credence to the myth—popular in some quarters ...
... Grant's line of operations so obvious that the Confederates could force him to approach them head on. A Union frontal attack failed at Chickasaw Bayou.2 That battle later lent some credence to the myth—popular in some quarters ...
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... Grant , each in his own way , exploited the Union ability to turn the Confederates . Because of the short lines of communication in Virginia , guerrillas and cav- alry raiders mattered less in that congested theater . In discussing ...
... Grant , each in his own way , exploited the Union ability to turn the Confederates . Because of the short lines of communication in Virginia , guerrillas and cav- alry raiders mattered less in that congested theater . In discussing ...
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... Grant included key elements intended to prevent any further repetition of this fundamental rebel strategic theme. In ... Grant's emergence to high prominence following the fall of Vicksburg, Union com- mand structure, on the whole ...
... Grant included key elements intended to prevent any further repetition of this fundamental rebel strategic theme. In ... Grant's emergence to high prominence following the fall of Vicksburg, Union com- mand structure, on the whole ...
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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