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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... wrote it for ; my best guess is that it was a Civil War Roundtable talk or a piece for one of the many panel discus- sions I have served on . It comprises much of the germ for my initial input for How the North Won : A Military History ...
... wrote it for ; my best guess is that it was a Civil War Roundtable talk or a piece for one of the many panel discus- sions I have served on . It comprises much of the germ for my initial input for How the North Won : A Military History ...
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... wrote about Second Manassas in 1878 he did not recall having had any Napoleons.15 It seems unlikely that Lee , a profes- sionally trained career artillerist , ever would have referred to Napo- leons as howitzers , though both were ...
... wrote about Second Manassas in 1878 he did not recall having had any Napoleons.15 It seems unlikely that Lee , a profes- sionally trained career artillerist , ever would have referred to Napo- leons as howitzers , though both were ...
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... 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 the ...
... 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 the ...
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... wrote a personal note urging his former mentor to surrender the garrison , and asked his aides , Col. James Chestnut and Capt . Stephen D. Lee , to deliver it . Ander- son refused the request , but added , Lee later wrote , that “ if ...
... wrote a personal note urging his former mentor to surrender the garrison , and asked his aides , Col. James Chestnut and Capt . Stephen D. Lee , to deliver it . Ander- son refused the request , but added , Lee later wrote , that “ if ...
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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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