The Long Arm of Lee : : Bull Run to Fredricksburg [Illustrated Edition]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910163327903321
• Autore: Wise Jennings Cropper
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Waipu : , : Pickle Partners Publishing, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 1-78289-596-5
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (503 p.)
• Collana: The Long Arm of Lee: the History of the Artillery of the Army of Northern Virginia Series
• Disciplina: 973.7
• Soggetti: Tactics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Title page -- DEDICATION -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS - VOLUME I -- PREFACE -- PART I - CONFEDERATE BUREAU OF ORDNANCE -- CHAPTER I - EARLY ORDNANCE WORK AND STATUS OF ORDNANCE IN 1861 -- CHAPTER II - ORGANIZATION OF THE BUREAU OF ORDNANCE AND ITS EARLY OPERATIONS -- CHAPTER III - ORGANIZATION AND OPERATIONS -- CHAPTER IV - ORIGINAL ARMAMENT OF THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA -- PART II - THE FIELD ARTILLERY OF THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA ITS FOUNDATION, ORGANIZATION, PERSONNEL, AND TACTICS -- CHAPTER I - THE ARTILLERY OF THE EARLY DAYS -- CHAPTER II - THE VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE AS A SCHOOL OF ARMS -- CHAPTER III - THE FIELD ARTILLERY OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA -- CHAPTER IV - THE VIRGINIA VOLUNTEERS -- CHAPTER V - ACTIVE OPERATIONS COMMENCE: BIG BETHEL AND HAINESVILLE -- CHAPTER VI. - BLACKBURN’S FORD AND FIRST MANASSAS -- CHAPTER VII - WINTER OF 1861-62 -- CHAPTER VIII - TACTICS AND EARLY INSTRUCTION -- CHAPTER IX - FEDERAL ORGANIZATION AND TACTICAL CONCEPTS -- CHAPTER X - THE HORSE ARTILLERY AND THE VALLEY CAMPAIGN -- CHAPTER XI - THE PENINSULA CAMPAIGN -- CHAPTER XII - GEN. LEE ASSUMES COMMAND-REORGANIZATION-BEGINNING OF THE SEVEN DAYS -- CHAPTER XIII - GAINES’ MILL -- CHAPTER XIV - SAVAGE’S STATION AND FRAZIER’S FARM -- CHAPTER XV - MALVERN HILL -- CHAPTER XVI - CEDAR MOUNTAIN -- ; CHAPTER XVII - GAINESVILLE AND GROVETON -- CHAPTER XVIII - SECOND MANASSAS -- CHAPTER XIX - THE MARYLAND INVASION-HARPER’S FERRY AND SOUTH MOUNTAIN
• Sommario/riassunto: Includes Civil War Map and Illustrations Pack - 224 battle plans, campaign maps and detailed analyses of actions spanning the entire period of hostilities."Originally published in 1915, when Jennings Cropper Wise was commandant of the Virginia Military Institute, The Long Arm of Lee has never been surpassed as an authoritative study of the Confederate artillery in the Civil War. Volume I describes the organization and tactics of the field batteries of General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and their performance in famous battles, including those at Bull Run, Malvern Hill, Cedar Mountain, Harper's Ferry, Sharpsburg, and Fredericksburg. It ends with the bitter winter interlude before the Chancellorsville campaign of the spring of 1863. Volume 2 of Wise's history, takes up the harrowing events stretching from Chancellorsville to Appomattox."-Print Edition