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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Page ix
... Guns at Second Manassas 18 P. G. T. Beauregard 35 Morgan's Raid: The War Strikes Home 52 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 ...
... Guns at Second Manassas 18 P. G. T. Beauregard 35 Morgan's Raid: The War Strikes Home 52 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 ...
Page xv
... gun,” or initially anonymous reader-evaluator of books, for various presses. I am a member of the boards of edito- rial advisors both for the distinguished magazine Civil War Times Illustrated and the George Tyler Moore Center for the ...
... gun,” or initially anonymous reader-evaluator of books, for various presses. I am a member of the boards of edito- rial advisors both for the distinguished magazine Civil War Times Illustrated and the George Tyler Moore Center for the ...
Page 17
... Guns at Second Manassas This. 4. Nor, as readers know who are familiar with what I and my collaborators tried to prove, and surely did delineate, in Why the South Lost the Civil War (1986), do I attribute Confederate defeat to ...
... Guns at Second Manassas This. 4. Nor, as readers know who are familiar with what I and my collaborators tried to prove, and surely did delineate, in Why the South Lost the Civil War (1986), do I attribute Confederate defeat to ...
Page 18
... Guns at Second Manassas This essay was read at the 1989 Deep Delta Civil War Symposium and appeared in the annual volume that results from the symposium's proceedings; this particular volume was subtitled Themes in Honor of T. Harry ...
... Guns at Second Manassas This essay was read at the 1989 Deep Delta Civil War Symposium and appeared in the annual volume that results from the symposium's proceedings; this particular volume was subtitled Themes in Honor of T. Harry ...
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... guns served by 815 men , and he personally commanded the reserve , 22 pieces . S. D. Lee's artillery participated in a number of hard fights during the Seven Days campaign , June 25 – July 1 , 1862 , but Magruder's conduct — and the ...
... guns served by 815 men , and he personally commanded the reserve , 22 pieces . S. D. Lee's artillery participated in a number of hard fights during the Seven Days campaign , June 25 – July 1 , 1862 , but Magruder's conduct — and the ...
Contents
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18 | |
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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