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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... soldiers , and politi- cal leaders are increasingly important to a larger public . This series includes books that will appeal to Civil War Roundtable groups , individuals , libraries , and academics . with a special interest in this ...
... soldiers , and politi- cal leaders are increasingly important to a larger public . This series includes books that will appeal to Civil War Roundtable groups , individuals , libraries , and academics . with a special interest in this ...
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... Soldier of Conscience, George H. Thomas: A Virginian Fights for the Union 66 Lincoln's Presidential Example in Dealing with the Military 78 Part 2 Society in Wartime The War inside the Church 99 State Rights and Local Defense: The Crux ...
... Soldier of Conscience, George H. Thomas: A Virginian Fights for the Union 66 Lincoln's Presidential Example in Dealing with the Military 78 Part 2 Society in Wartime The War inside the Church 99 State Rights and Local Defense: The Crux ...
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... soldiers were beaten. The guerrilla option, so enticing to many stu- dents, was not a viable one in this case. The South did not have the necessary advantageous strongholds. But even more assuredly, the Southern populace was not even ...
... soldiers were beaten. The guerrilla option, so enticing to many stu- dents, was not a viable one in this case. The South did not have the necessary advantageous strongholds. But even more assuredly, the Southern populace was not even ...
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... 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 . The artillery drove them back , and then suddenly all ...
... 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 . The artillery drove them back , and then suddenly all ...
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... soldier wrote, “The heavens rocked with the roar of the Confederate batteries,” and another recalled “such a blaze of artillery as I never heard.” For thirty full minutes, regiment after regiment—thousands of Federal troops—charged into ...
... soldier wrote, “The heavens rocked with the roar of the Confederate batteries,” and another recalled “such a blaze of artillery as I never heard.” For thirty full minutes, regiment after regiment—thousands of Federal troops—charged into ...
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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