Author: Elisha Franklin PaxtonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
The Civil War Letters of General Frank "Bull" Paxton, CSA, a Lieutenant of Lee & Jackson
Author: Elisha Franklin PaxtonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
The Class of 1846
Author: John C. WaughPublisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0307775399
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 673
Book Description
No single group of men at West Point--or possibly any academy--has been so indelibly written into history as the class of 1846. The names are legendary: Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, George B. McClellan, Ambrose Powell Hill, Darius Nash Couch, George Edward Pickett, Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox, and George Stoneman. The class fought in three wars, produced twenty generals, and left the nation a lasting legacy of bravery, brilliance, and bloodshed. This fascinating, remarkably intimate chronicle traces the lives of these unforgettable men--their training, their personalities, and the events in which they made their names and met their fates. Drawing on letters, diaries, and personal accounts, John C. Waugh has written a collective biography of masterful proportions, as vivid and engrossing as fiction in its re-creation of these brilliant figures and their pivotal roles in American history.
The Era of the Civil War--1820-1876
Author: Louise A. Arnold-FriendPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 724
Book Description
Historical Report on the Troop Movements for the Second Battle of Manassas, August 28 Through August 30, 1862
Author: John HennessyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bull Run, 2nd Battle of, Va., 1862
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
Why the South Lost the Civil War
Author: Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 9780820313962
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 630
Book Description
Offers a chronological account of the Civil War, reexamines theories for the South's defeat, and analyzes Confederate and Union military strategy
Rebel Watchdog: The Confederate States Army Provost Guard
Author: Radley, Kenneth J.Publisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 9780807141496
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Cavalryman of the Lost Cause
Author: Jeffry D. WertPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743278240
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
Now in paperback, this major biography of J.E.B. Stuart—the first in two decades—uses newly available documents to draw the fullest, most accurate portrait of the legendary Confederate cavalry commander ever published. • Major figure of American history: James Ewell Brown Stuart was the South’s most successful and most colorful cavalry commander during the Civil War. Like many who die young (Stuart was thirty-one when he succumbed to combat wounds), he has been romanticized and popular- ized. One of the best-known figures of the Civil War, J.E.B. Stuart is almost as important a figure in the Confederate pantheon as Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. • Most comprehensive biography to date: Cavalryman of the Lost Cause is based on manuscripts and unpublished letters as well as the latest Civil War scholarship. Stuart’s childhood and family are scrutinized, as is his service in Kansas and on the frontier before the Civil War. The research in this biography makes it the authoritative work.
Embattled Courage
Author: Gerald LindermanPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439118574
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Linderman traces each soldier's path from the exhilaration of enlistment to the disillusionment of battle to postwar alienation. He provides a rare glimpse of the personal battle that raged within soldiers then and now.
The Soldier's Words
Author: Kenn WoodsPublisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1634177304
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1612
Book Description
Since I began Civil War re-enacting in 1988, there have been two schools of thought regarding the uniform of the Confederate soldiers. One is that the Rebels were never ragged, that was just a romantic myth started after the war. The other school of thought is that the Rebels were always ragged and wore whatever they could get their hands on. I decided that the best way to discover the truth is by investigating, what the soldiers themselves said regarding their clothing through letters, diaries and memoirs. This book uses the soldiers own words regarding Confederate uniforms and includes many surprising anecdotes and some "firsts" regarding incidents of the Civil War.
The Fredericksburg Campaign
Author: Francis Augustín O'ReillyPublisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807158534
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
The battle at Fredericksburg, Virginia, in December 1862 involved hundreds of thousands of men; produced staggering, unequal casualties (13,000 Federal soldiers compared to 4,500 Confederates); ruined the career of Ambrose E. Burnside; embarrassed Abraham Lincoln; and distinguished Robert E. Lee as one of the greatest military strategists of his era. Francis Augustín O'Reilly draws upon his intimate knowledge of the battlegrounds to discuss the unprecedented nature of Fredericksburg's warfare. Lauded for its vivid description, trenchant analysis, and meticulous research, his award-winning book makes for compulsive reading.