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Articles of War - Winners, Losers, and Some Who Were Both During the Civil War (Paperback) Loot Price: R449
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Articles of War - Winners, Losers, and Some Who Were Both During the Civil War (Paperback): Albert Castel

Articles of War - Winners, Losers, and Some Who Were Both During the Civil War (Paperback)

Albert Castel

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The American Civil War is filled with fascinating characters. This collection of biographical essays on the "winners and losers" of the Civil War covers some of the most intriguing: Ulysses S. Grant, George B. McClellan, Sam Houston, Albert Sidney Johnston, Nathan Bedford Forrest, and William Clarke Quantrill, to name just a few. In Articles of War you'll discover: Some Winners *Ulysses S. Grant, whose brilliant Vicksburg Campaign was a model of military strategy *John A. "Black Jack" Logan, one of the war's few successful political generals *Nathan Bedford Forrest, a natural military genius despite his "Lost Cause" Some Losers *George B. McClellan, whose lack of eagerness cost the Union two opportunities to win the war *Earl Van Dorn, a victim of sheer bad luck *Theophilus H. Holmes, the little-known incompetent, called "granny Holmes" by his own men Some Winners Who Became Losers *Albert Sidney Johnston, the Confederacy's "General Who Might Have Been" *Leonidas Polk, whose initial good luck even

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Imprint: Stackpole Books
Country of origin: United States
Release date: November 2017
Authors: Albert Castel
Dimensions: 232 x 150 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 978-0-8117-3670-1
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > American history > 1800 to 1900
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Civil war
Books > History > American history > 1800 to 1900
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
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LSN: 0-8117-3670-9
Barcode: 9780811736701

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