Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
xvii, 490 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Book 1: Plans and Illusions -- The sacred soil -- Untenable position -- The school of the soldier -- Tentative warriors -- To carry the war into Africa -- Sonar -- Scapegoat -- Book 2: Bumping heads -- Jostling to the starting line -- Each journey begins with a single step -- First blood -- Valley boys -- Initial inertia -- Stumbling -- En garde -- Book 3: Agley -- First glimpse of the elephant -- Carnage -- "Victory! Victory! -- Intermezzo -- Building stone walls -- Take the high ground -- Entropy -- The end of the day -- Vespers -- Envoi. |
Subject |
Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861.
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ISBN |
0151008892 |
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