Author: William C. Davis
Publisher: Country Journal Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Volume 1 profiles the lives and military careers from Daniel Weisiger to Howell Cobb.
The Confederate General: Adams, Daniel W. to Cobb, Howell
Author: William C. Davis
Publisher: Country Journal Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Volume 1 profiles the lives and military careers from Daniel Weisiger to Howell Cobb.
Publisher: Country Journal Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Volume 1 profiles the lives and military careers from Daniel Weisiger to Howell Cobb.
The War of the Rebellion
Author: United States. War Department
Publisher:
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Category : Confederate States of America
Languages : en
Pages : 1252
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Confederate States of America
Languages : en
Pages : 1252
Book Description
The War of the Rebellion: v. 1-53 [serial no. 1-111] Formal reports, both Union and Confederate, of the first seizures of United States property in the southern states, and of all military operations in the field, with the correspondence, order and returns relating specially thereto. 1880-1898. 111 v
Author: United States. War Department
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Confederate States of America
Languages : en
Pages : 1044
Book Description
Official records produced by the armies of the United States and the Confederacy, and the executive branches of their respective governments, concerning the military operations of the Civil War, and prisoners of war or prisoners of state. Also annual reports of military departments, calls for troops, correspondence between national and state governments, correspondence between Union and Confederate officials. The final volume includes a synopsis, general index, special index for various military divisions, and background information on how these documents were collected and published. Accompanied by an atlas.
Publisher:
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Category : Confederate States of America
Languages : en
Pages : 1044
Book Description
Official records produced by the armies of the United States and the Confederacy, and the executive branches of their respective governments, concerning the military operations of the Civil War, and prisoners of war or prisoners of state. Also annual reports of military departments, calls for troops, correspondence between national and state governments, correspondence between Union and Confederate officials. The final volume includes a synopsis, general index, special index for various military divisions, and background information on how these documents were collected and published. Accompanied by an atlas.
The Confederate General: Cobb, Thomas to Goggin, James
Author:
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ISBN:
Category : Generals
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Generals
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Confederate Veteran
Author:
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Category : Confederate States of America
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Confederate States of America
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
Confederate Veteran
Author:
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Category : Confederate States of America
Languages : en
Pages : 1342
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Confederate States of America
Languages : en
Pages : 1342
Book Description
The Cause Lost
Author: William C. Davis
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
ISBN: 0700612548
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
For nearly a quarter of a century, Pulitzer Prize nominee William C. Davis has been one of our best writers on the Civil War. His books-including Breckinridge: Statesman, Soldier, Symbol; Jefferson Davis: The Man and His Hour; and "A Government of Our Own": The Making of the Confederacy-have garnered numerous awards and enlightened and entertained an avid readership. The Cause Lost extends that tradition of excellence with provocative new insights into the myths and realities of an endlessly fascinating subject. In these pages, Davis brings into sharp focus the facts and fictions of the South's victories and defeats, its tenacious struggle to legitimize its cause and defeat an overpowering enemy, and its ultimate loss of will. He debunks long-standing legends, offers irrefutable evidence explaining Confederate actions, and contemplates the idealism, naivete, folly, and courage of the military leadership and would-be founding fathers. Among the most misunderstood, Davis contends, was Jefferson Davis. Often branded as enigmatic and incompetent, the Confederate president was simply a decent and committed leader whose mistakes were magnified by the war's extraordinary demands. Davis scrutinizes Jefferson Davis' relationship with his generals-most of whom were unproved talents or cronies with proven deficiencies-and reveals why only Robert E. Lee succeeded in winning Davis' confidence through flattery, persuasion, and a sense of responsibility. He also examines the myths and memories of the nearly deified Stonewall Jackson and John C. Breckinridge, the only effective Confederate secretary of war. Davis also illustrates why the cause of the war-a subject of long-standing controversy-boils down to the single issue of slavery; why Southerners, ninety percent of whom didn't own slaves, were willing to join in the battle to defend their homeland; how the personalities, tactics, and styles of the armies in the turbulent West differed greatly from those in the East; what real or perceived turning points influenced Southern decision making; and how mythology and misinterpretations have been perpetuated through biography, history, literature, and film. Revealing the Confederacy's myths for what they really are, Davis nevertheless illustrates how much those myths inform our understanding of the Civil War and its place in Southern and American culture.
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
ISBN: 0700612548
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
For nearly a quarter of a century, Pulitzer Prize nominee William C. Davis has been one of our best writers on the Civil War. His books-including Breckinridge: Statesman, Soldier, Symbol; Jefferson Davis: The Man and His Hour; and "A Government of Our Own": The Making of the Confederacy-have garnered numerous awards and enlightened and entertained an avid readership. The Cause Lost extends that tradition of excellence with provocative new insights into the myths and realities of an endlessly fascinating subject. In these pages, Davis brings into sharp focus the facts and fictions of the South's victories and defeats, its tenacious struggle to legitimize its cause and defeat an overpowering enemy, and its ultimate loss of will. He debunks long-standing legends, offers irrefutable evidence explaining Confederate actions, and contemplates the idealism, naivete, folly, and courage of the military leadership and would-be founding fathers. Among the most misunderstood, Davis contends, was Jefferson Davis. Often branded as enigmatic and incompetent, the Confederate president was simply a decent and committed leader whose mistakes were magnified by the war's extraordinary demands. Davis scrutinizes Jefferson Davis' relationship with his generals-most of whom were unproved talents or cronies with proven deficiencies-and reveals why only Robert E. Lee succeeded in winning Davis' confidence through flattery, persuasion, and a sense of responsibility. He also examines the myths and memories of the nearly deified Stonewall Jackson and John C. Breckinridge, the only effective Confederate secretary of war. Davis also illustrates why the cause of the war-a subject of long-standing controversy-boils down to the single issue of slavery; why Southerners, ninety percent of whom didn't own slaves, were willing to join in the battle to defend their homeland; how the personalities, tactics, and styles of the armies in the turbulent West differed greatly from those in the East; what real or perceived turning points influenced Southern decision making; and how mythology and misinterpretations have been perpetuated through biography, history, literature, and film. Revealing the Confederacy's myths for what they really are, Davis nevertheless illustrates how much those myths inform our understanding of the Civil War and its place in Southern and American culture.
Story of the Confederate States
Author: Joseph T. Derry
Publisher:
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Category : Confederate States of America
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Confederate States of America
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
Memorandum Relative to the General Officers Appointed by the President in the Armies of the Confederate States, 1861-1865
Author: United States. Military Secretary's Department
Publisher:
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Category : Generals
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Generals
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
America, History and Life
Author:
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Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 792
Book Description
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Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 792
Book Description