Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Confederate Generals written by Samuel W. Mitcham and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-05-24 with total page 967 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A renown military historian and frequent television commenter brings to life the generalship of the South during the Civil War in sparkling, information-filled vignettes. For both the Civil War completist and the general reader! Anyone acquainted with the American Civil War will readily recognize the names of the Confederacy’s most prominent generals. Robert E. Lee. Stonewall Jackson. James Longstreet. These men have long been lionized as fearless commanders and genius tacticians. Yet few have heard of the hundreds of generals who led under and alongside them. Men whose battlefield resolve spurred the Confederacy through four years of the bloodiest combat Americans have ever faced. In The Encyclopedia of Confederate Generals, veteran Civil War historian, Samuel W. Mitcham, documents the lives of every Confederate general from birth to death, highlighting their unique contributions to the battlefield and bringing their personal triumphs and tragedies to life. Packed with photos and historical briefings, The Encyclopedia of Confederate Generals belongs on the shelf of every Civil War historian, and preserves in words the legacies once carved in stone.
Download or read book Southern Generals written by William Parker Snow and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 924 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Southern Generals written by William Parker Snow and published by Gale Cengage Learning. This book was released on 1866 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Famous Confederate Generals and Leaders of the South written by Pat McCarthy and published by Enslow Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the lives and careers of important Confederate leaders such as Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis.
Download or read book Lee and His Generals written by William Parker Snow and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Generals in Gray written by Ezra J. Warner and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 1959-06 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Given in memory of Lt. Charles Britton Hudson, CSA & Sgt. William Henry Harrison Edge, CSA by Eugene Edge III.
Download or read book Confederate Generals in the Western Theater Classic essays on America s Civil War written by Lawrence L. Hewitt and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Confederate Generals in the Western Theater ultimately comprise several volumes that promise a host of provocative new insights into not only the South's ill-fated campaigns in the West but also the eventual outcome of the larger conflict. --Book Jacket.
Download or read book Southern Generals Their Lives and Campaigns Classic Reprint written by William Parker Snow and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-14 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Southern Generals, Their Lives and Campaigns The author has, therefore, been compelled to make his selections from among those most prominent, giving more extended notice Of the few towards whom, as the leading champions of Southern Independence, the eyes of the whole civilized world have been turned, since first the sounds were heard, telling of con ict and war in these long-peaceful States. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
Download or read book Generals in Blue and Gray written by Wilmer L. Jones and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2006-03-17 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The twenty-one profiles of Confederate generals in this volume chronicle the South's war effort. Familiar leaders such as Lee, Jackson, and Stuart are each covered, as are the notorious Nathan Bedford Forrest, Episcopalian bishop Leonidas Polk, and John C. Breckinridge, who ran against Lincoln in 1860 and briefly served in the U.S. Senate. With the same accessible style of the first volume, Jones shows how the outcome of battles, campaigns, and even entire theaters often depended on individual commanders.
Download or read book Civil War Generals in Defeat written by Steven E. Woodworth and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains seven case studies evaluating Confederate and Union generals who might be considered "capable failures": officers of high pre-war reputation, some with distinguished records in the Civil War. Explores the various reasons these men suffered defeat such as flaws of character, errors of judgment, lack of preparation, or circumstances beyond their control. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book Southern Generals written by William Parker Snow and published by Gale Cengage Learning. This book was released on 1866 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book With Malice Toward Some written by William Alan Blair and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2014 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With Malice toward Some: Treason and Loyalty in the Civil War Era
Download or read book Confederate Generals in the Western Theater Essays on America s Civil War written by Lawrence L. Hewitt and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For this book, which follows an earlier volume of previously published essays, Hewitt and Bergeron have enlisted ten gifted historians---among them James M. Prichard, Terrence J. Winschel, Craig Symonds, and Stephen Davis---to produce original essays, based on the latest scholarship, that examine the careers and missteps of several of the Western Theater's key Rebel commanders. Among the important topics covered are George B. Crittenden's declining fortunes in the Confederate ranks, Earl Van Dom's limited prewar military experience and its effect on his performance in the Baton Rouge Campaign of 1862, Joseph Johnston's role in the fall of Vicksburg, and how James Longstreet and Braxton Bragg's failure to secure Chattanooga paved the way for the Federals'push into Georgia. --
Download or read book Confederate Generals written by George Cantor and published by Taylor Trade Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Confederate Generals provides extended biographical sketches of twenty of the most significant, compelling, and colorful of the Southern generals. Leavened with 10-15 relevant photographs and illuminating anecdotes, each profile also includes descriptions of the most important military actions in which each general was involved. The generals range from the renowned and legendary to the somewhat obscure, including: -- P. G. T. Beauregard -- The South's first war hero, commander of the attack on Fort Sumter -- John Bell Hood -- His Texas Brigade was regarded as the finest fighting unit in the Army of Northern Virginia -- Thomas Jackson -- Lee's most trusted and resourceful lieutenant, the mighty Stonewall's loss was irreplaceable -- James Longstreet -- Although criticized for being too cautious, he held Lee's undying trust -- J. E. B. Stuart -- The consummate image of Southern chivalry and the most daring cavalry leader of the Virginia campaigns In addition, Confederate Generalsreveals biographical details on Western commanders like Braxton Bragg, Patrick Cleburne, John Hunt Morgan, and Joseph Wheeler. It profiles top-ranked strategists like Jubal Early, Nathan Bedford Forrest, and Albert Sidney Johnston. And it unearths fascinating details from the lives of noted leaders like Richard Ewell, Ambrose Hill, John Pemberton, Leonidas Polk, and Robert Toombs. Confederate Generals opens a window on the most fascinating military leaders of the Civil War.
Download or read book Medical Histories of Confederate Generals written by Jack D. Welsh and published by Kent State University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a compilation of the medical histories of 425 Confederate generals. It does not analyze the effects of an individual's medical problems on a battle or the war, but provides information about factors that may have contributed to the wound, injury, or illness, and the outcome.
Download or read book Confederate Generals of the Civil War written by Carl R. Green and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the ten generals who led the the armies of the South are the very famous and the little known. Included here are: Robert E. Lee, Nathan Forrest, William Hardee, Ambrose Hill, John Hood, "Stonewall" Jackson, Joseph Johnston, James Longstreet, George Pickett of Pickett's charge, and "Jeb" Stuart. Their childhoods, education, and military training are given along with their roles in the Civil War.
Download or read book The Gallant Dead written by Derek Smith and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2005-04-21 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers the deaths of 124 generals, including Stonewall Jackson, Albert Sidney Johnston, Jeb Stuart, James B. McPherson, John Reynolds, and numerous others
