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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... nations that any human being is worthy of a biography if sufficient and worthwhile sources exist. It is amazing how many people there were who lived at the time of the Civil War for whom that is the case. My second interest, running a ...
... nations that any human being is worthy of a biography if sufficient and worthwhile sources exist. It is amazing how many people there were who lived at the time of the Civil War for whom that is the case. My second interest, running a ...
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... nation. This was true too of the Confederate populace at large: they might early have decided to try to “win the peace,” but they knew they had lost the war. Stephen D. Lee and the Guns at Second Manassas This. 4. Nor, as readers know ...
... nation. This was true too of the Confederate populace at large: they might early have decided to try to “win the peace,” but they knew they had lost the war. Stephen D. Lee and the Guns at Second Manassas This. 4. Nor, as readers know ...
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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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