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Confederate tide rising : Robert E. Lee and the making of Southern strategy, 1861-1862

Author: Joseph L Harsh
Publisher: Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, ©1998.
Edition/Format:  Book : Biography : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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In this reexamination of Confederate war aims, the author analyzes the military policy and grand strategy adopted by Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis in the first two year of the Civil War.
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Harsh, Joseph L.
Confederate tide rising.
Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, c1998
(OCoLC)605460091
Named Person: Robert E Lee; Jefferson Davis; Robert E (Soldat) Lee
Material Type: Biography, Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Joseph L Harsh
ISBN: 0873385802 9780873385800
OCLC Number: 36589943
Description: xviii, 278 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents: Overture. "The most propitious time": fate in Lee's hands, September 3, 1862 --
1. "He who makes the assault": Confederate strategy from Sumter to seven pines, April 1861-May 1862 --
Confederate war aims --
Confederate military policy --
Confederate grand strategy --
The first phase of the war, April-October 1861 --
The second phase of the war, November 1861-April/May 1862 --
The start of phase three, April-May 1862 --
2. "It would change the character of the war": the ascent of Lee, to June 1, 1862 --
Lee's running start --
Every victory should bring us nearer --
Easy fighting and heavy victories --
They ought always to be turned --
3. "How do we get at those people?" Lee's strategy in the seven days campaign, June 1-July 2, 1862 --
Lee plans to turn McClellan, June 1-16 --
Lee concentrates his army --
Lee wrestles with grand tactics, June 4-24 --
The seven days, June 25-July 2 --
4. "The enemy is congregating about us": Lee in strategic stalemate, July 2-August 9, 1862 --
Lee loses the initiative, July 2-5 --
Concentration and estrays --
Threat from the North: strategy, July 6-13 --
Lee marches in place, July 14-August 4 --
The crisis crests, August 5-9 --
5. "Richmond was never so safe": Lee evolves a border strategy, August 9-26, 1862 --
The Longstreet Gamble, August 9-14 --
The Rapidan Stall, August 15-20 --
The Rappahannock waltz, August 21-24 --
Lee plots a wider turn, August 24 --
The turning movement launched, August 25-26 --
6. "If we expect to reap advantage": Lee pursues total victory, August 27-31, 1862 --
Jackson the Raider, August 26-27 --
Jackson the aggressor, August 28 --
Lee hesitates, August 29 --
Combat finds Lee, August 30 --
Lee returns to maneuver to finish, August 31 --
Intermezzo. "The war was thus transferred from interior to frontier": The Chantilly fumble, September 1, 1862.
Responsibility: Joseph L. Harsh.
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In this reexamination of Confederate war aims, the author analyzes the military policy and grand strategy adopted by Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis in the first two year of the Civil War.

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