Leaders Of The American Civil War
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| Author | : Peter Cozzens |
| Publisher | : University of Illinois Press |
| Total Pages | : 660 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780252028793 |
Volume 6 brings readers more of the best first-person accounts of marches, encampments, skirmishes, and full-blown battles, as seen by participants on both sides of the conflict. Alongside the experiences of lower-ranking officers and enlisted men are accounts from key personalities including General John Gibbon, General John C. Lee, and seven prominent generals from both sides offering views on "why the Confederacy failed." This volume includes 120 illustrations, including 16 previously uncollected maps of battlefields, troop movements, and fortifications.
| Author | : Edward L. Ayers |
| Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
| Total Pages | : 140 |
| Release | : 2006-08-17 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0393285154 |
“An extremely good writer, [Ayers] is well worth reading . . . on the South and Southern history.”—Stephen Sears, Boston Globe The Southern past has proven to be fertile ground for great works of history. Peculiarities of tragic proportions—a system of slavery flourishing in a land of freedom, secession and Civil War tearing at a federal Union, deep poverty persisting in a nation of fast-paced development—have fed the imaginations of some of our most accomplished historians. Foremost in their ranks today is Edward L. Ayers, author of the award-winning and ongoing study of the Civil War in the heart of America, the Valley of the Shadow Project. In wide-ranging essays on the Civil War, the New South, and the twentieth-century South, Ayers turns over the rich soil of Southern life to explore the sources of the nation's and his own history. The title essay, original here, distills his vast research and offers a fresh perspective on the nation's central historical event.
| Author | : Kevin Dougherty |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 232 |
| Release | : 2007 |
| Genre | : Command of troops |
| ISBN | : |
Many commanders in the American Civil War (1861-1865) served in the Mexican War (1846-1848). This book explores influence of the earlier war on those men who would become leaders of Federal and Confederate forces. Kevin Dougherty discusses professional soldiering before both wars. He shows experiences of twenty-six men in Mexico, thirteen who would serve the Confederacy and thirteen who would remain with the Union. He traces how tactics they used and reactions they had to Civil War combat reveal a remarkable connection to what they learned campaigning against Santa Anna and Mexican generals. Personalities discussed range from well-known leaders to lesser-known figures, from geniuses to mediocrities and from aged heroes to developing practitioners. Impact of these experiences on major tactical decisions in the Civil War is far-reaching--Publisher's description.
| Author | : Jay Winik |
| Publisher | : Harper Collins |
| Total Pages | : 281 |
| Release | : 2010-11-16 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0062029207 |
One month in 1865 witnessed the frenzied fall of Richmond, a daring last-ditch Southern plan for guerrilla warfare, Lee's harrowing retreat, and then, Appomattox. It saw Lincoln's assassination just five days later and a near-successful plot to decapitate the Union government, followed by chaos and coup fears in the North, collapsed negotiations and continued bloodshed in the South, and finally, the start of national reconciliation. In the end, April 1865 emerged as not just the tale of the war's denouement, but the story of the making of our nation. Jay Winik offers a brilliant new look at the Civil War's final days that will forever change the way we see the war's end and the nation's new beginning. Uniquely set within the larger sweep of history and filled with rich profiles of outsize figures, fresh iconoclastic scholarship, and a gripping narrative, this is a masterful account of the thirty most pivotal days in the life of the United States.
| Author | : Thomas Buell |
| Publisher | : Crown |
| Total Pages | : 529 |
| Release | : 1998-03-31 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0609801732 |
master historian gives readers a fresh new picture of the Civil War as it really was. Buell examines three pairs of commanders from the North and South, who met each other in battle. Following each pair through the entire war, the author reveals the human dimensions of the drama and brings the battles to life. 38 b&w photos.
| Author | : Pat McCarthy |
| Publisher | : Enslow Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 54 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 9780766051881 |
Profiles the Union generals and leaders who played a part in the outcome of the Civil War.
| Author | : Pat McCarthy |
| Publisher | : Enslow Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 50 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 9780766051898 |
Presents the lives and careers of important Confederate leaders such as Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis.
| Author | : Diane Yancey |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 136 |
| Release | : 2000 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 9781560064978 |
Discusses the leaders of the Civil War and their accomplishments, including statesmen, abolitionists, commanders of the Union and the Confederacy, cavalrymen, and women of courage.
| Author | : Aaron R. Murray |
| Publisher | : DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley) |
| Total Pages | : 100 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 9780789498908 |
An engaging guide to the people, places, and events of America's Civil War.
| Author | : Stewart Sifakis |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 780 |
| Release | : 2014 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 9780788455445 |
The Civil War marks a turning point in the history of the American republic. Not only did it forge a united nation but it also facilitated the Industrial Revolution that made the United States a world power and leader by the early 20th century. This massive work contains more than 2,500 detailed biographies of participants in the Civil War. It concentrates on the characters' actions during the Civil War, giving researchers the basic career data of the participants. Pre- and postwar activities are covered briefly. Of course, when an individual played a role in bringing about secession and the war itself, much more attention is given to his prewar actions. The author has included those persons who most affected the conflict, with a balance between North and South, military and civilian, and, heroes and rogues. Two appendices augment the biographies: Appendix A, a chronology which spans November 1860 through November 1865; and Appendix B, "Officers Receiving the Thanks of the U.S. Congress." A wealth of portraits, historic photographs, and other illustrations; a bibliography; and an index to full-names, places and subjects add to the value of this work. (
