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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... served as the “hired 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 ...
... served as the “hired 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 ...
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... served on . It comprises much of the germ for my initial input for How the North Won : A Military History of the Civil War ( 1983 ) . It emphasizes the South much more than the North , reflecting my greater interest . I thought perhaps ...
... served on . It comprises much of the germ for my initial input for How the North Won : A Military History of the Civil War ( 1983 ) . It emphasizes the South much more than the North , reflecting my greater interest . I thought perhaps ...
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... served as P. G. T. Beauregard's aide dur- ing the operations against Fort Sumter . Lee had graduated from West Point in 1854 , seventeenth in a class of forty - six , and had served for the ensuing seven years as a lieutenant of ...
... served as P. G. T. Beauregard's aide dur- ing the operations against Fort Sumter . Lee had graduated from West Point in 1854 , seventeenth in a class of forty - six , and had served for the ensuing seven years as a lieutenant of ...
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... served as liaison officer between Whiting and his division's two brigades . Lee's artillery battalion did not become engaged in the Battle of Fair Oaks ( also called Seven Pines ) on May 31 , 1862 , a fateful episode that resulted in ...
... served as liaison officer between Whiting and his division's two brigades . Lee's artillery battalion did not become engaged in the Battle of Fair Oaks ( also called Seven Pines ) on May 31 , 1862 , a fateful episode that resulted in ...
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... serving in the ranks — was “ number one ” crewman for one of the pieces , and it is his later published recollections that reveal this little part of the story.18 Strategic maneuvers preceded the Second Battle of Manassas.19 General Lee ...
... serving in the ranks — was “ number one ” crewman for one of the pieces , and it is his later published recollections that reveal this little part of the story.18 Strategic maneuvers preceded the Second Battle of Manassas.19 General Lee ...
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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