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Record Nr.

UNINA9910138958603321

Titolo

A companion to the U.S. Civil War . Volume I / / edited by Aaron Sheehan-Dean ; Sean Patrick Adams [and sixty three others], contributors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, England : , : Wiley, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-119-71614-4

1-78684-611-X

1-118-80305-1

1-118-80295-0

1-118-60907-7

1-118-80280-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1202 p.)

Collana

Wiley Blackwell Companions to American History

Wiley-Blackwell companions to American history

Classificazione

HIS036040

Altri autori (Persone)

Sheehan-DeanAaron Charles

AdamsSean Patrick

Disciplina

973.7

Soggetti

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

A Companion to the U.S. Civil War; Copyright; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I Campaigns and Battles; Chapter One Virginia 1861; References; Chapter Two Missouri; General Histories; Early Battles; Confederate Incursions into Missouri, 1862-1863; The Price Raid; Unit Histories and Soldier Diaries and Memoirs; Guerrilla Warfare; Biographies; Reference Works; References; Chapter Three Mississippi Valley Campaign; References; Chapter Four 1862 Shenandoah Valley Campaign; References; Chapter Five Logistics; Procurement, Organization, and Supply; Distribution

Confederate ShortagesReferences; Chapter Six Peninsula Campaign; References; Chapter Seven Soldiers; References; Chapter Eight Kentucky; Kentucky's Civil War Significance and Historiography; Secession Crisis, Neutrality, and Politics; Kentucky Goes to War:



Mobilization and Two Confederate Invasions; Emancipation and Black Soldiers; Guerrilla Warfare and Racial Violence; Concluding the War: Vanquished Become Victors; Conclusion and Suggestions for Further Research; References; Chapter Nine Guerrillas; Defining Civil War Irregulars: The Scholarly Debate

Guerrilla Memoirs/Histories Written by VeteransBiographies and Unit Histories; U.S. Army Counter-Irregular Warfare; The Vietnam War's Impact on U.S. Civil War Scholarship; Scholarship on Militant Dissent in the Civil War; "The Long War" and U.S. Civil War Guerrilla Studies; References; Chapter Ten Maryland Campaign of 1862; References; Chapter Eleven Battle of Antietam; The Commanders; Battle Histories; Phases of the Battle; Specialized Studies and the Battle's Aftermath; References; Chapter Twelve Civil War Tactics; The Last Napoleonic War or the First Modern War?

Strategies, Doctrine, Operations, and TacticsHow Soldiers Fought; Tactics: How Battles Were Fought; Unit Histories; The State of Civil War Tactical Scholarship; References; Chapter Thirteen Battle of Fredericksburg; References; Chapter Fourteen Blockading Campaigns; Contemporary Accounts of the Blockade; The Efficacy of U.S. Navy Enforcement; Economic Impact of the Blockade; The Blockade as Naval Strategy; The Blockade as Foreign Policy; References; Chapter Fifteen Chancellorsville Campaign; A Campaign of Contingency; Hooker's Campaign Plan and Opening Moves

The Battle of Chancellorsville, May 1 and 2, 1863The Battle of Chancellorsville, May 3 and 4, 1863; The End of the Campaign and Strategic Results; References; Chapter Sixteen Battle of Gettysburg; References; Chapter Seventeen African-American Soldiering; References; Chapter Eighteen Vicksburg Campaign; References; Chapter Nineteen Occupation; References; Chapter Twenty Arkansas; References; Chapter Twenty-One Indian America; We Are All Americans; Allies; Soldiers; Civilians and Refugees; "Insurgents"; The Vanishing Indian; References; Chapter Twenty-Two Naval Development and Warfare

Organization and Leadership

Sommario/riassunto

A Companion to the U.S. Civil War presents a comprehensive historiographical collection of essays covering all major military, political, social, and economic aspects of the American Civil War (1861-1865). Represents the most comprehensive coverage available relating to all aspects of the U.S. Civil WarFeatures contributions from dozens of experts in Civil War scholarshipCovers major campaigns and battles, and military and political figures, as well as non-military aspects of the conflict such as gender, emancipation, literature, ethnicity, slavery, and m



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910708615603321

Autore

Madaras Eric I (Eric Irvine)

Titolo

Liberty Bell 7 recovery evaluation and nondestructive testing / / Eric I. Madaras and William L. Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hampton, Virginia : , : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Langley Research Center, , December 1999

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (8 pages) : illustrations

Collana

NASA/TM ; ; 1999-209824

Soggetti

Mercury spacecraft

Nondestructive tests

Water pressure

Exposure

Corrosion

Metal-water reactions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"December 1999."

"Performing organization: NASA Langley Research Center"-- Report documentation page.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (page 8).

Includes bibliographical references (page 28).