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 7
... North, John Pope, relegated to Indian-fighting duty fol- lowing Second Bull Run), most of those who demonstrated them- selves to be truly inept in high command subsequently were allowed either to languish in staff assignments or at ...
... North, John Pope, relegated to Indian-fighting duty fol- lowing Second Bull Run), most of those who demonstrated them- selves to be truly inept in high command subsequently were allowed either to languish in staff assignments or at ...
Page 9
... prevailed . The. 2. Not Chickasaw Bluffs as it is so frequently misidentified; Chickasaw Bluffs are in Tennessee, Chickasaw Bayou is just north of Vicksburg. 3. It long has been a suspicion of mine that Civil War Leadership 9.
... prevailed . The. 2. Not Chickasaw Bluffs as it is so frequently misidentified; Chickasaw Bluffs are in Tennessee, Chickasaw Bayou is just north of Vicksburg. 3. It long has been a suspicion of mine that Civil War Leadership 9.
Page 12
... North Carolina may even have caused Davis and Lee to harbor unrealistic expectations in 1864 about what Joseph E. Johnston and Hood could achieve against Sherman. But the Confederates used their railways for concentrations at successive ...
... North Carolina may even have caused Davis and Lee to harbor unrealistic expectations in 1864 about what Joseph E. Johnston and Hood could achieve against Sherman. But the Confederates used their railways for concentrations at successive ...
Page 16
... North went about preparing to end the war with a final offen- sive, the Confederate president did little more than argue with Joseph E. Johnston as to whether the South could attempt to take the initiative. A more resolute and self ...
... North went about preparing to end the war with a final offen- sive, the Confederate president did little more than argue with Joseph E. Johnston as to whether the South could attempt to take the initiative. A more resolute and self ...
Page 17
... North. So the Confed- erate generals as a whole are not to blame for the Confederate de- feat—at least not in the conventional sense.4 The defeated Confederate armies surrendered, and the soldiers went home for the same reason that many ...
... North. So the Confed- erate generals as a whole are not to blame for the Confederate de- feat—at least not in the conventional sense.4 The defeated Confederate armies surrendered, and the soldiers went home for the same reason that many ...
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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