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Commanders of the Civil War : Brief Biographies of Selected Generals and Statesmen in the Conflict of the War Between the States.
Title:
Commanders of the Civil War : Brief Biographies of Selected Generals and Statesmen in the Conflict of the War Between the States.
Author:
Scott, George A.
ISBN:
9781935622369
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (97 pages)
Contents:
Front Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard -- General Braxton Bragg -- Admiral Franklin Buchanan -- Major General Benjamin Franklin Cheatham -- Major General George Armstrong "Curly" Custer -- President Jefferson Davis -- Lieutenant General Jubal Anderson Early -- Admiral David Glasgow Farragut -- Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest -- Major General John Charles Frémont -- Major General James Abram Garfield -- Major General John Gibbon -- General-in-Chief Ulysses Simpson Grant -- Chief-of-Staff Henry Wager Halleck -- Vice President Hannibal Hamlin -- Major General Winfield Scott Hancock -- Lieutenant General William Joseph "Old Reliable" Hardee -- Lieutenant General Ambrose Powell Hill -- Lieutenant General John Bell Hood -- Major General Joseph "Fightin' Joe" Hooker -- Lieutenant General Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson -- Major General Richard W. Johnson -- General Joseph Eggleston Johnston -- General-in-Chief Robert Edward Lee -- President Abraham Lincoln -- Major General John Alexander "Black Jack" Logan -- Lieutenant General James "Old Pete" Longstreet -- Major General George Brinton "Little Mac" McClellan -- Major General Irvin McDowell -- Major General George Gordon Meade -- Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan -- Lieutenant General John Clifford Pemberton -- Major General George Edward Pickett -- Major General Philip Henry "Little Phil" Sheridan -- Major General William Tecumseh "Cump" Sherman -- General Edmund Kirby Smith -- Vice President Alexander Stephens -- Major General Carter Littlepage Stevenson -- Major General James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart -- Major General George Henry "Rock of Chickamauga" Thomas -- Major General Emory Upton -- Lieutenant General Joseph "Fightin' Joe" Wheeler -- Major General James Harrison Wilson -- Admiral John Lorimer Worden.
Abstract:
Entering the service on either side at various ranks and from all walks of life, thousands of men commanded as officers over the course of the Civil War. Some rose meteorically to high rank, while others ended their service considerably lower than their initial commission. The select group of forty-four commanders included in this book all served at the highest ranks and have been included for their particular contributions during the war between the states. Each brief biography includes the highlights of the subject's career, place and date of birth and death, and is paired with a period photographic portrait (recently digitized at high resolution) from the Library of Congress collection of images.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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