Author: Thomas Jordan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Generals
Languages : en
Pages : 768
Book Description
The Campaigns of Lieut.-Gen. N.B. Forrest, and of Forrest's Cavalry ...
Author: Thomas Jordan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Generals
Languages : en
Pages : 768
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Generals
Languages : en
Pages : 768
Book Description
The Campaigns of Lieut.-Gen. N. B. Forrest, and of Forrest's Cavalry, Etc
Author: Thomas JORDAN (Colonel and PRYOR (J. P.))
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 738
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 738
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The campaigns of lieut.-gen. N.B. Forrest, and of Forrest's cavalry, by T. Jordan and J.P. Pryor
Author: Thomas Jordan
Publisher:
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Category : Generals
Languages : en
Pages : 744
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Generals
Languages : en
Pages : 744
Book Description
A Battle from the Start
Author: Brian Steel Wills
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
A balanced perspective that contains previously unknown information. Includes unsavory aspects, such as the Fort Pillow Massacre of Black federal troops, & his post war founding of the KKK.
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
A balanced perspective that contains previously unknown information. Includes unsavory aspects, such as the Fort Pillow Massacre of Black federal troops, & his post war founding of the KKK.
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Author: Jack Hurst
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307789144
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
Amid the aristocratic ranks of the Confederate cavalry, Nathan Bedford Forrest was untutored, all but unlettered, and regarded as no more than a guerrilla. His tactic was the headlong charge, mounted with such swiftness and ferocity that General Sherman called him a "devil" who should "be hunted down and killed if it costs 10,000 lives and bankrupts the treasury." And in a war in which officers prided themselves on their decorum, Forrest habitually issued surrender-or-die ultimatums to the enemy and often intimidated his own superiors. After being in command at the notorious Fort Pillow Massacre, he went on to haunt the South as the first grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. Now this epic figure is restored to human dimensions in an exemplary biography that puts both Forrest's genius and his savagery into the context of his time, chronicling his rise from frontiersman to slave trader, private to lieutenant general, Klansman to—eventually—New South businessman and racial moderate. Unflinching in its analysis and with extensive new research, Nathan Bedford Forrest is an invaluable and immensely readable addition to the literature of the Civil War.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307789144
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
Amid the aristocratic ranks of the Confederate cavalry, Nathan Bedford Forrest was untutored, all but unlettered, and regarded as no more than a guerrilla. His tactic was the headlong charge, mounted with such swiftness and ferocity that General Sherman called him a "devil" who should "be hunted down and killed if it costs 10,000 lives and bankrupts the treasury." And in a war in which officers prided themselves on their decorum, Forrest habitually issued surrender-or-die ultimatums to the enemy and often intimidated his own superiors. After being in command at the notorious Fort Pillow Massacre, he went on to haunt the South as the first grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. Now this epic figure is restored to human dimensions in an exemplary biography that puts both Forrest's genius and his savagery into the context of his time, chronicling his rise from frontiersman to slave trader, private to lieutenant general, Klansman to—eventually—New South businessman and racial moderate. Unflinching in its analysis and with extensive new research, Nathan Bedford Forrest is an invaluable and immensely readable addition to the literature of the Civil War.
The Worst Military Leaders in History
Author: John M. Jennings
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 9781789147728
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Spanning countries and centuries, a “how-not-to” guide to leadership that reveals the most maladroit military commanders in history—now in paperback. For this book, fifteen distinguished historians were given a deceptively simple task: identify their choice for the worst military leader in history and then explain why theirs is the worst. From the clueless Conrad von Hötzendorf and George A. Custer to the criminal Baron Roman F. von Ungern-Sternberg and the bungling Garnet Wolseley, this book presents a rogues’ gallery of military incompetents. Rather than merely rehashing biographical details, the contributors take an original and unconventional look at military leadership in a way that appeals to both specialists and general readers alike. While there are plenty of books that analyze the keys to success, The Worst Military Leaders in History offers lessons of failure to avoid. In other words, this book is a “how-not-to” guide to leadership.
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 9781789147728
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Spanning countries and centuries, a “how-not-to” guide to leadership that reveals the most maladroit military commanders in history—now in paperback. For this book, fifteen distinguished historians were given a deceptively simple task: identify their choice for the worst military leader in history and then explain why theirs is the worst. From the clueless Conrad von Hötzendorf and George A. Custer to the criminal Baron Roman F. von Ungern-Sternberg and the bungling Garnet Wolseley, this book presents a rogues’ gallery of military incompetents. Rather than merely rehashing biographical details, the contributors take an original and unconventional look at military leadership in a way that appeals to both specialists and general readers alike. While there are plenty of books that analyze the keys to success, The Worst Military Leaders in History offers lessons of failure to avoid. In other words, this book is a “how-not-to” guide to leadership.
That Devil Forrest
Author: John Allan Wyeth
Publisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 9780807115787
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
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Publisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 9780807115787
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
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Life of General Nathan Bedford Forrest
Author: John Allan Wyeth
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 786
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 786
Book Description
Failure in the Saddle
Author: David A. Powell
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 9781932714876
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 347
Book Description
Tales of daring exploits create lingering romance about the cavalry of the Lost Cause. But sometimes romance obscures history. This is the first in-depth attempt to determine what role the Confederate cavalry played in both the loss of Chattanooga and the staggering number of miscues that followed up to, and beyond Chickamauga.
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 9781932714876
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 347
Book Description
Tales of daring exploits create lingering romance about the cavalry of the Lost Cause. But sometimes romance obscures history. This is the first in-depth attempt to determine what role the Confederate cavalry played in both the loss of Chattanooga and the staggering number of miscues that followed up to, and beyond Chickamauga.
Forrest's Fighting Preacher
Author: Michael R. Bradley
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1614234949
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Every leader needs a trusted confidant. For Nathan Bedford Forrest, one of the Civil Wars greatest military minds, that man was David Campbell Kelley. Kelley began adulthood in the clergy, serving for two years as a missionary in China and returning home just a year before the Civil War. He then raised a company of cavalry from his familys large congregation that became part of Forrests original regiment. Kelley quickly became Forrests second in command, assisting in some of his most daring engagements, offering support in key decisions and serving as his unofficial chaplain. Following the war, Kelley returned to preaching, helped establish Vanderbilt University and launched a campaign for governor of Tennessee. Now, for the first time, author Michael R. Bradley brings Kelleys dynamic life to the fore.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1614234949
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Every leader needs a trusted confidant. For Nathan Bedford Forrest, one of the Civil Wars greatest military minds, that man was David Campbell Kelley. Kelley began adulthood in the clergy, serving for two years as a missionary in China and returning home just a year before the Civil War. He then raised a company of cavalry from his familys large congregation that became part of Forrests original regiment. Kelley quickly became Forrests second in command, assisting in some of his most daring engagements, offering support in key decisions and serving as his unofficial chaplain. Following the war, Kelley returned to preaching, helped establish Vanderbilt University and launched a campaign for governor of Tennessee. Now, for the first time, author Michael R. Bradley brings Kelleys dynamic life to the fore.