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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 33
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Dedication of the Monument [Cedar Mountain] to the 28th New York Volunteers, Culpeper, Va., Aug. 8, 1902
Cedar Mountain to Antietam
Author: M. Chris Bryan
Publisher: Savas Beatie
ISBN: 1611215781
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
This history of the Union XII Corps “skillfully weaves firsthand accounts into a compelling story about the triumphs and defeats of this venerable unit” (Bradley M. Gottfried, author of The Maps of Antietam). The diminutive Union XII Corps found significant success on the field at Antietam. Its soldiers swept through the East Woods and the Miller Cornfield—permanently clearing both of Confederates—repelled multiple Southern assaults against the Dunker Church plateau, and eventually secured a foothold in the West Woods. This important piece of high ground had been the Union objective all morning, and its occupation threatened the center and rear of Gen. Robert E. Lee’s embattled Army of Northern Virginia. Yet federal leadership largely ignored this signal achievement and the opportunity it presented. The achievement of the XII Corps is especially notable given its string of disappointments and hardships in the months leading up to Antietam. M. Chris Bryan’s Cedar Mountain to Antietam begins with the formation of this often-luckless command as the II Corps in Maj. Gen. John Pope’s Army of Virginia on June 26, 1862. Bryan explains in meticulous detail how the corps endured a bloody and demoralizing loss after coming within a whisker of defeating Maj. Gen. “Stonewall” Jackson at Cedar Mountain on August 9; suffered through the hardships of Pope’s campaign before and after the Battle of Second Manassas; and triumphed after entering Maryland and joining the reorganized Army of the Potomac. The men of this small corps earned a solid reputation in the Army of the Potomac at Antietam that would only grow during the battles of 1863. This unique study, which blends unit history with sound leadership and character assessments, puts the XII Corps’ actions in proper context by providing significant and substantive treatment to its Confederate opponents. Bryan’s extensive archival research, newspapers, and other important resources, together with detailed maps and images, offers a compelling story of a little-studied yet consequential command that fills a longstanding historiographical gap.
Publisher: Savas Beatie
ISBN: 1611215781
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
This history of the Union XII Corps “skillfully weaves firsthand accounts into a compelling story about the triumphs and defeats of this venerable unit” (Bradley M. Gottfried, author of The Maps of Antietam). The diminutive Union XII Corps found significant success on the field at Antietam. Its soldiers swept through the East Woods and the Miller Cornfield—permanently clearing both of Confederates—repelled multiple Southern assaults against the Dunker Church plateau, and eventually secured a foothold in the West Woods. This important piece of high ground had been the Union objective all morning, and its occupation threatened the center and rear of Gen. Robert E. Lee’s embattled Army of Northern Virginia. Yet federal leadership largely ignored this signal achievement and the opportunity it presented. The achievement of the XII Corps is especially notable given its string of disappointments and hardships in the months leading up to Antietam. M. Chris Bryan’s Cedar Mountain to Antietam begins with the formation of this often-luckless command as the II Corps in Maj. Gen. John Pope’s Army of Virginia on June 26, 1862. Bryan explains in meticulous detail how the corps endured a bloody and demoralizing loss after coming within a whisker of defeating Maj. Gen. “Stonewall” Jackson at Cedar Mountain on August 9; suffered through the hardships of Pope’s campaign before and after the Battle of Second Manassas; and triumphed after entering Maryland and joining the reorganized Army of the Potomac. The men of this small corps earned a solid reputation in the Army of the Potomac at Antietam that would only grow during the battles of 1863. This unique study, which blends unit history with sound leadership and character assessments, puts the XII Corps’ actions in proper context by providing significant and substantive treatment to its Confederate opponents. Bryan’s extensive archival research, newspapers, and other important resources, together with detailed maps and images, offers a compelling story of a little-studied yet consequential command that fills a longstanding historiographical gap.
Writings on American History, 1902
Author: Ernest Cushing Richardson
Publisher:
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 328
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Writings on American History
Catalogue of Library of Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John Page Nicholson...
Author: John Page Nicholson
Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1068
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Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1068
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War Department, Office of the Chief of Staff, War College Division, General Staff
Bulletin of the New York Public Library
Author: New York Public Library
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Includes its Report, 1896-19 .
Publisher:
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Includes its Report, 1896-19 .
Bibliography of State Participation in the Civil War 1861-1866
Author: United States. War Department. Library
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1154
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Publisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1154
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The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
List of Works in the New York Public Library Relating to Virginia
Author: New York Public Library
Publisher:
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Category : Virginia
Languages : en
Pages : 84
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Virginia
Languages : en
Pages : 84
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