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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... militia duty, those who had resigned from the U.S. Army at some previous time, and those with some other type of military service. None of the three categories stands out as hav- ing produced more generals than did the others; they are ...
... militia duty, those who had resigned from the U.S. Army at some previous time, and those with some other type of military service. None of the three categories stands out as hav- ing produced more generals than did the others; they are ...
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... militia forces , largely com- posed of men otherwise exempt from Confederate military service , well supplemented the South's ability to reinforce rapidly . Thus the Confederates united powerful resistance on the main lines by using the ...
... militia forces , largely com- posed of men otherwise exempt from Confederate military service , well supplemented the South's ability to reinforce rapidly . Thus the Confederates united powerful resistance on the main lines by using the ...
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... militia , a position which already had been offered to and accepted by Braxton Bragg . After Beauregard enlisted as a private in a Creole company , Slidell called him to a conference with the newly inaugurated Confederate president ...
... militia , a position which already had been offered to and accepted by Braxton Bragg . After Beauregard enlisted as a private in a Creole company , Slidell called him to a conference with the newly inaugurated Confederate president ...
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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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