| Edition |
First paperback edition. |
| Description |
xxxiii, 494 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-468) and index. |
| Contents |
Part I: In the beginning -- Origins of the warriors -- Mexico: learning the profession -- Interlude: between wars -- Taking sides: the Civil War begins -- Part II: Eastern theater, 1861-62 -- Confederate first encounters -- Barlow becomes a soldier -- Launching the peninsular campaign -- The seven days -- The seven days in retrospect -- Second Manassas -- Antietam -- Fredericksburg -- Part III: Western theater, 1861-62 -- Groping in the Heartland -- Kentucky and the forts -- Shiloh -- The Kentucky crusade -- Murfreesboro -- Part IV: Eastern theater, 1863 -- Chancellorsville -- Gettysburg -- Part V: Western theater, 1863 -- Grant takes Vicksburg (map) -- Vicksburg -- The approach to Chickamauga -- The rock of Chickamauga -- Chattanooga -- Part VI: Eastern theater, 1864 -- Virginia: the wilderness -- Virginia: Spotsylvania -- Virginia: Stalemate -- Part VII: Western theater, 1864 -- Muster in the West -- Atlanta -- Return to Tennessee -- Franklin and Nashville -- An army destroyed -- Part VIII: Finis -- Appomattox -- Epilogue. |
| Subject |
Generals -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Generals -- Confederate States of America.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
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Command of troops -- History -- 19th century.
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Military art and science -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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| ISBN |
0609801732 paperback |
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9780609801734 paperback |
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