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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Glatthaar, Joseph T., 1956- General Lee's army. New York : Free Press, 2008 (OCoLC)607847568 |
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| Named Person: | Robert E Lee; Robert E Lee, Soldat. |
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Joseph T Glatthaar |
| ISBN: | 9780684827872 0684827875 |
| OCLC Number: | 144767946 |
| Description: | xv, 600 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, plans ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Comedy of errors, tragedy of triumph -- Secession and mobilizing for war -- The Volunteers of '61 -- Why they enlisted -- Becoming soldiers -- "To slaughter one another like brutes" -- "A great canvass city" -- Keeping the army together -- Clashes within the high command -- Playing troops like fireflies -- Lee in command -- The battle for Richmond: the Seven Days' campaign -- Taking war to the enemy -- A failure of discipline -- Lee's officer corps and army culture -- The soldiers of '62 -- Supplying the army -- Camp and recreation -- Religion and morality -- Chancellorsville -- Arms and ammunition -- The failure at Gettysburg -- Home front -- Blacks and the army -- Combat -- Lee and the high command -- Preparing for the spring campaign of 1864 -- The overland campaign -- The trenches -- Medical care -- Manpower -- Desertion -- The grind of war -- Spiral of defeat -- The final days -- The sample. |
| Responsibility: | Joseph T. Glatthaar. |
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Abstract:
Epic in scope, this scholarly tour de force focuses on the Civil War's most crucial army--the Confederate troops commanded by the ever-fascinating figure of Robert E. Lee.
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"The storied history of the Army of Northern Virginia has never had a better chronicler than Joseph Glatthaar. Like all armies, it reflected the strengths and weaknesses of the society from which it was recruited. Glatthaar has written its story as it should be written -- a fast-paced narrative of campaigns and battles, to be sure, but also an analysis of the army's socioeconomic makeup based on research more thorough and penetrating than has been done for any other Civil War army." -- James M. McPherson, author of "This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War" Read more...
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- Confederate States of America. -- Army of Northern Virginia.
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
- Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
- Lee, Robert E. -- (Robert Edward), -- 1807-1870 -- Military leadership.
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.
- Soldiers -- Confederate States of America -- Attitudes.
- Soldiers -- Confederate States of America -- Psychology.
- Soldiers -- Confederate States of America -- Social conditions.
- Lee, Robert E. -- Soldat.
- Militärischer Führer.
- Sezessionskrieg <1861-1865>
- USA / Südstaaten.
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