| Author | Buell, Thomas B.
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| Title | The warrior generals : combat leadership in the Civil War / Thomas B. Buell.
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| Edition | 1st pbk. ed. |
| Published | New York : Three Rivers Press, c1997.
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| Description | xxxiii, 494 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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| ISBN | 0-609-80173-2 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 978-0-609-80173-4 (pbk.) |
| Bib. Note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 445-468) and index.
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| Formatted Note | Contents: Part I: In the beginning -- Origins of the warriors -- Mexico: learning the profession -- Interlude: between wars -- Taking sides: the Civil War begins -- Part II: Eastern theater, 1861-62 -- Confederate first encounters -- Barlow becomes a soldier -- Launching the Peninsular Campaign -- The seven days -- The seven days in retrospect -- Second Manassas -- Antietam -- Fredericksburg -- Part III: Western theater, 1861-62 -- Groping in the Heartland -- Kentucky and the forts -- Shiloh -- The Kentucky crusade -- Murfreesboro -- Part IV: Eastern theater, 1863 -- Chancellorsville -- Gettysburg -- Part V: Western theater, 1863 -- Vicksburg -- The approach to Chickamauga -- The rock of Chickamauga -- Chattanooga -- Part VI: Eastern theater, 1864 -- Virginia: the Wilderness -- Virginia: Spotsylvania -- Virginia: Stalemate -- Part VII: Western theater, 1864 -- Muster in the West -- Atlanta -- Return to Tennessee -- Franklin and Nashville -- An army destroyed -- Part VIII: Finis -- Appomattox -- Epilogue.
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| Subjects | Command of troops -- History -- 19th century.
Generals -- Confederate States of America.
Generals -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Military art and science -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
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| Call Number/Copies | |
| | WRHS Research Library: E 467 B928
mq233771: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 140696] |
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