Civil War Commanders (In Their Own Words) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0399519092 ISBN 13: 9780399519093

Publisher: Time Warner International, 1995

Synopsis

Narratives of Civil War military leaders are presented chronologically and woven together with editorial notes. The text comprises the Civil War experience, from daily army life and the sights and sounds of battle, to the moral and strategic decisions that rested upon the commanders' shoulders.

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From the Author

A history of the war through the words of the commanders.
This is the first volume in the IN THEIR OWN WORDS SERIES, which captures American history through the words of those who lived it. This book follows the history of the Civil War through the recollections of the great commanders from each side: Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, Farragut, as well as Longstreet, Beauregard, Johnston, Mosby, and others. It is more than a mere anthology, however: the first-person accounts aren't just hanging there, but are woven into a coherent history through my own connecting narrative. The book covers not only the great land battles, but also the naval war--from the duel between the first ironclads to the Battle of Mobile Bay ("Damn the torpedoes!") to the cruise of the C.S.S. Alabama. CIVIL WAR COMMANDERS also covers the guerrilla war, from Mosby's daring raids in Virginia to the bitter strife that ravaged Missouri (giving birth to the James/Younger Gang after the war). More than 40 contemporary maps fill out the book.

Edition details

• Publisher: Time Warner International
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0399519092
• ISBN 13: 9780399519093
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 328
• Editor: Stiles T. J.