Author: Military Historical Society of Massachusetts
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Category : Alabama
Languages : en
Pages : 658
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The Mississippi Valley, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, 1861-1864
Author: Military Historical Society of Massachusetts
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alabama
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alabama
Languages : en
Pages : 658
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The Mississippi Valley, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, 1861-1864
Author: Military Historical Society of Massachusetts
Publisher:
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Category : Alabama
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alabama
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Mississippi Valley, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, 1861-1864
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ISBN: 9781568370125
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 619
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Publisher:
ISBN: 9781568370125
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 619
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Pretense Of Glory
Author: James G. Hollandsworth, Jr.
Publisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 9780807140499
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
In this first modern biography of Nathaniel P. Banks, James G. Hollandsworth, Jr., reveals the complicated and contradictory nature of the man who called himself the "fighting politician." Despite a lack of formal education, family connections, and personal fortune, Banks (1816--1884) advanced from the Massachusetts legislature to the governorship to the U.S. Congress and Speaker of the House. He learned early in his political career that the pretext of conviction can be more important than the conviction itself, and he practiced a politics of expedience, espousing popular beliefs but never defining beliefs of his own. A leader in the new Republican party, he developed a reputation as a compelling orator and a politician with a bright future. At the onset of the Civil War, Lincoln appointed Banks a major general, and, as Hollandsworth shows, the same pretext of conviction that served Banks so well in politics proved disastrous on the battlefield. He suffered resounding defeats in the 1862 Shenandoah Valley Campaign, the Battle of Cedar Mountain, and the Red River Campaign. Illuminating the personal characteristics that stalled the promise of Banks's early political career and contributed to his dismal record as a commanding officer, Hollandsworth demonstrates how Banks's obsessive pretense of glory prevented him from achieving its reality.
Publisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 9780807140499
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
In this first modern biography of Nathaniel P. Banks, James G. Hollandsworth, Jr., reveals the complicated and contradictory nature of the man who called himself the "fighting politician." Despite a lack of formal education, family connections, and personal fortune, Banks (1816--1884) advanced from the Massachusetts legislature to the governorship to the U.S. Congress and Speaker of the House. He learned early in his political career that the pretext of conviction can be more important than the conviction itself, and he practiced a politics of expedience, espousing popular beliefs but never defining beliefs of his own. A leader in the new Republican party, he developed a reputation as a compelling orator and a politician with a bright future. At the onset of the Civil War, Lincoln appointed Banks a major general, and, as Hollandsworth shows, the same pretext of conviction that served Banks so well in politics proved disastrous on the battlefield. He suffered resounding defeats in the 1862 Shenandoah Valley Campaign, the Battle of Cedar Mountain, and the Red River Campaign. Illuminating the personal characteristics that stalled the promise of Banks's early political career and contributed to his dismal record as a commanding officer, Hollandsworth demonstrates how Banks's obsessive pretense of glory prevented him from achieving its reality.
Civil and Mexican Wars, 1861, 1846
Author: Military Historical Society of Massachusetts
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Category : Mexican War, 1846-1848
Languages : en
Pages : 692
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Category : Mexican War, 1846-1848
Languages : en
Pages : 692
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The Era of the Civil War--1820-1876
Author: Louise A. Arnold-Friend
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 716
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 716
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Through the Howling Wilderness
Author: Gary D. Joiner
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN: 9781572335448
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Through the Howling Wilderness is replete with in-depth coverage on the geography of the region, the Congressional hearings after the Campaign, and the Confederate defenses in the Red River Valley.
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN: 9781572335448
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Through the Howling Wilderness is replete with in-depth coverage on the geography of the region, the Congressional hearings after the Campaign, and the Confederate defenses in the Red River Valley.
Fighting Politician
Author: Fred Harvey Harrington
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512802611
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512802611
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.
The Era of the Civil War--1820-1876
Author: US Army Military History Research Collection
Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 604
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 604
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Special Bibliography - US Army Military History Research Collection
Author: US Army Military History Research Collection
Publisher:
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 940
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 940
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