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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... cavalry were both significant advantages enjoyed by the Southern comman- ders at the outset. Most important in the Tennessee theater, raids by guerrillas and by substantial forces of regular cavalry could destroy the fragile railroads ...
... cavalry were both significant advantages enjoyed by the Southern comman- ders at the outset. Most important in the Tennessee theater, raids by guerrillas and by substantial forces of regular cavalry could destroy the fragile railroads ...
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... cavalry to assault Lee's position and then thrust troops just to the right of it, breaking through the Confederate lines there and rolling laterally into Longstreet's minions.) Lee was the man of the moment. Had there been many more ...
... cavalry to assault Lee's position and then thrust troops just to the right of it, breaking through the Confederate lines there and rolling laterally into Longstreet's minions.) Lee was the man of the moment. Had there been many more ...
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... cavalry under J. E. B. Stuart to distract the Union army long enough for a larger force to board rail- way transports to the Manassas line. Once McDowell's flanking col- umn made their move toward Bull Run Creek, the Federals made their ...
... cavalry under J. E. B. Stuart to distract the Union army long enough for a larger force to board rail- way transports to the Manassas line. Once McDowell's flanking col- umn made their move toward Bull Run Creek, the Federals made their ...
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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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