| Description |
2 v. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
V. 1. LINCOLN'S GENERALS. The making of a president -- Abraham Lincoln : Commander-in-Chief -- Winfield Scott : "Old Fuss and Feathers" -- Irvin McDowell : hard luck general -- Benjamin F. Butler : "the beast" -- George B. McClellan : the general with the "slows" -- Don Carlos Buell : "the McClellan of the west" -- William S. Rosecrans : "Old Rosy" -- John Pope : the "Miscreant" -- John A. McClernand : the congressman general -- Henry Wagner Halleck : "Old Brains" -- Ambrose E. Burnside : reluctant commander -- Ulysses S. Grant : "Unconditional Surrender Grant" -- Daniel E. Sickles : a man of controversy -- William Tecumseh Sherman : advocate of total war -- John Sedgwick : "Uncle John" -- Joseph Hooker : "Fighting Joe" -- George H. Thomas : "The Rock of Chickamauga" -- Philip Sheridan : worth his weight in gold -- John F. Reynolds : man of honor -- George Gordon Meade : the cautious general -- Hugh Judson Kilpatrick : "Kill-Cavalry" -- Winfield Scott Hancock : "Hancock the Superb" -- Epilogue : the death of a president. |
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V. 2. DAVIS'S GENERALS. The making of a rebel -- Jefferson Davis : Confederate chief -- Martyr of the lost cause -- P.G.T. Beauregard : "Napoleon in gray" -- Joseph E. Johnston : "Retreatin' Johnston" -- Robert E. Lee : Man of honor -- Thomas J. Jackson : "Stonewall" -- Albert Sidney Johnston : Texan, soldier, gentleman -- Braxton Bragg : "quick-tempered martinet" -- Patrick Cleburne : Stonewall of the west -- Nathan Bedford Forrest : "that devil Forrest" -- James Longstreet : "scapegoat general" -- J.E.B. Stuart : bold warrior -- John Bell Hood : the fighting Texan -- John C. Breckinridge : statesman and soldier of the Confederacy -- Leonidas Polk : "the fighting bishop" -- John Hunt Morgan : "thunderbolt of the Confederacy" -- Ambrose Powell Hill : always ready for a fight -- Richard Taylor : "soldier prince of the Confederacy" -- Richard S. Ewell : "Old Bald Head" -- Jubal E. Early : "Old Jube" -- John Brown Gordon : "A soldier's soldier" -- Daniel Harvey Hill : "maverick general" -- William J. Hardee : "Old Reliable" -- Epilogue : Davis as Commander-in-Chief. |
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Generals -- United States -- Biography.
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Generals -- Confederate States of America -- Biography.
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United States. Army -- Biography.
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Confederate States of America. Army -- Biography.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Military leadership.
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Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 -- Military leadership.
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Strategy -- Case studies.
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Command of troops -- Case studies.
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| ISBN |
0275983226 (set : alk. paper) |
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0275983234 (v. 1 : alk. paper) |
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0275983242 (v. 2 : alk. paper) |
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