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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... battery com- mander , and that unit moved to the vicinity of Manassas to join the Confederate army in Virginia , eventually becoming an element of Maj . Gen. James Longstreet's division . Lee participated conspicuously and well during ...
... battery com- mander , and that unit moved to the vicinity of Manassas to join the Confederate army in Virginia , eventually becoming an element of Maj . Gen. James Longstreet's division . Lee participated conspicuously and well during ...
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... batteries that were as- signed to brigades , 44 guns served by 815 men , and he personally commanded the reserve , 22 pieces . S. D. Lee's artillery participated in a number of hard fights during the Seven Days campaign , June 25 – July ...
... batteries that were as- signed to brigades , 44 guns served by 815 men , and he personally commanded the reserve , 22 pieces . S. D. Lee's artillery participated in a number of hard fights during the Seven Days campaign , June 25 – July ...
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... batteries sometimes , be- cause of losses or other circumstances , had fewer than four guns . ( A seriously understrength battery likely would soon be reinforced or combined with another . ) Numerous sources say Lee's battalion for the ...
... batteries sometimes , be- cause of losses or other circumstances , had fewer than four guns . ( A seriously understrength battery likely would soon be reinforced or combined with another . ) Numerous sources say Lee's battalion for the ...
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... batteries : 1. The Bath Battery , or Eubank's ( Virginia ) Battery , commanded by Capt . John L. Eubank . This well - prepared outfit was one of seventy - five artillery batteries which , between November 1 , 1861 , and June 1862 , were ...
... batteries : 1. The Bath Battery , or Eubank's ( Virginia ) Battery , commanded by Capt . John L. Eubank . This well - prepared outfit was one of seventy - five artillery batteries which , between November 1 , 1861 , and June 1862 , were ...
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... battery was 25.2 years , and one of the men was 48.10 Nevertheless , and not to- tally without reason , it was called the “ Boy Battery ” and was at first a source of grief for S. D. Lee , who was angry at having any ex- tremely young ...
... battery was 25.2 years , and one of the men was 48.10 Nevertheless , and not to- tally without reason , it was called the “ Boy Battery ” and was at first a source of grief for S. D. Lee , who was angry at having any ex- tremely young ...
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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