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 28
... enemy assault upon the po- sition ) . No sources mention a stone wall , but remnants of one are there to this day . If it was not there at the time of the battle , it would have had to have been leveled before that time or built and ...
... enemy assault upon the po- sition ) . No sources mention a stone wall , but remnants of one are there to this day . If it was not there at the time of the battle , it would have had to have been leveled before that time or built and ...
Page 29
... enemy , even at that distance , to scurry for cover . The Federals returned the volley with long - range guns . During the morning , the act was repeated many times . At every appearance of Union infantry , Lee's artillery harassed them ...
... enemy , even at that distance , to scurry for cover . The Federals returned the volley with long - range guns . During the morning , the act was repeated many times . At every appearance of Union infantry , Lee's artillery harassed them ...
Page 31
... enemy's ranks, their colors went down, one after another.” One 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 ...
... enemy's ranks, their colors went down, one after another.” One 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 ...
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... enemy in a very severe artillery combat . The result was , as on the day previous , a success . ” Years later , in ... enemies ; it is impossible now to prove one way or the other . We do know that after 1870 Longstreet increasingly came ...
... enemy in a very severe artillery combat . The result was , as on the day previous , a success . ” Years later , in ... enemies ; it is impossible now to prove one way or the other . We do know that after 1870 Longstreet increasingly came ...
Page 39
... enemy . Beauregard 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 ...
... enemy . Beauregard 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 ...
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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