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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... direct contact with the troops they commanded, led, and managed. The average age of the higher- ranking, active-duty Civil War general trended downward as the war progressed. This resulted because of retirement by many el- derly men ...
... direct contact with the troops they commanded, led, and managed. The average age of the higher- ranking, active-duty Civil War general trended downward as the war progressed. This resulted because of retirement by many el- derly men ...
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... direct support of Col. Stapleton Crutchfield , Jackson's artillery chief . Lee's artillery , adjacent to Hood's brigades , constituted the exact midpoint of the Confederate lines . Interestingly , only recently has the National Park ...
... direct support of Col. Stapleton Crutchfield , Jackson's artillery chief . Lee's artillery , adjacent to Hood's brigades , constituted the exact midpoint of the Confederate lines . Interestingly , only recently has the National Park ...
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... direct fire at a line of troops too far away to recognize as soldiers until sunlight glinting off their bayonets be- trayed them . Around noon the Federals tested the position with an advance , driving in the few Confederate skirmishers ...
... direct fire at a line of troops too far away to recognize as soldiers until sunlight glinting off their bayonets be- trayed them . Around noon the Federals tested the position with an advance , driving in the few Confederate skirmishers ...
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... direct connections to Richmond, had employed the telegraph and the railroad to exploit their interior lines and thereby effect a rapid concentration.”14 It was critical for Johnston to provide reinforcements to Beau- regard in a strike ...
... direct connections to Richmond, had employed the telegraph and the railroad to exploit their interior lines and thereby effect a rapid concentration.”14 It was critical for Johnston to provide reinforcements to Beau- regard in a strike ...
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Contents
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35 | |
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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