Reflections of a Civil War Historian: Essays on Leadership, Society, and the Art of WarUniversity of Missouri Press, 2004 - 254 strani |
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... position of Confederate brigadier general carried more danger than the other generalcies: 20 percent of them died in combat. Relatively few of the Confederate generals, 4.5 percent, resigned. Despite resignation, retirement, and deaths ...
... position of Confederate brigadier general carried more danger than the other generalcies: 20 percent of them died in combat. Relatively few of the Confederate generals, 4.5 percent, resigned. Despite resignation, retirement, and deaths ...
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... position in the Confederate Army. The idea for such a position was excellent; but Cooper quickly proved to be a mere paperhound, not at all an able and transcending highest-level wartime assistant, and Davis took no step to relieve or ...
... position in the Confederate Army. The idea for such a position was excellent; but Cooper quickly proved to be a mere paperhound, not at all an able and transcending highest-level wartime assistant, and Davis took no step to relieve or ...
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... position, the first of them contacting Jackson's right flank by 11 A.M. and the bulk of them uniting by midafternoon. S. D. Lee and his artillery still remained in the mountain passes. Blindly confident of imminent success, Pope ordered ...
... position, the first of them contacting Jackson's right flank by 11 A.M. and the bulk of them uniting by midafternoon. S. D. Lee and his artillery still remained in the mountain passes. Blindly confident of imminent success, Pope ordered ...
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... position was obviously an excellent one , and that Lee certainly needed to expend little or no mental energy in selecting it . ) In this position , Lee's battalion could fire across Jackson's front , in direct support of Col. Stapleton ...
... position was obviously an excellent one , and that Lee certainly needed to expend little or no mental energy in selecting it . ) In this position , Lee's battalion could fire across Jackson's front , in direct support of Col. Stapleton ...
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... position and declared , “ You are just where I wanted you ; stay there . ” Remembering S. D. Lee's unhampered field of fire , one battalion member recalled that he “ had a grand view of the plains of Manas- sas , reaching as far as ...
... position and declared , “ You are just where I wanted you ; stay there . ” Remembering S. D. Lee's unhampered field of fire , one battalion member recalled that he “ had a grand view of the plains of Manas- sas , reaching as far as ...
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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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Reflections of a Civil War Historian: Essays on Leadership, Society, and the ... Herman Hattaway Prikaz kratkega opisa - 2003 |
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