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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455497803321

Titolo

The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862 [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Gary W. Gallagher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2003

ISBN

0-8078-6246-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (278 p.)

Collana

Military campaigns of the Civil War

Altri autori (Persone)

GallagherGary W

Disciplina

973.7/32

Soggetti

Shenandoah Valley Campaign, 1862

Electronic books.

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 (p. 237-241) and index.

Nota di contenuto

You must either attack Richmond or give up the job and come to the defence of Washington : Abraham Lincoln and the 1862 Shenandoah Valley Campaign  / Gary W. Gallagher -- The metamorphosis in Stonewall Jackson's public image / Robert K. Krick -- Such men as shields, banks, and FreĢmont : federal command in western Virginia, March-June 1862 / William J. Miller -- In the very midst of the war track : the valley's civilians and the Shenandoah Campaign / Jonathan M. Berkey -- Placed on the pages of history in letters of blood : reporting on and remembering the 12th Georgia Infantry in the 1862 valley campaign / Keith S. Bohannon -- Turner Ashby's appeal / Peter S. Carmichael -- Maryland's ablest confederate : Gen. Charles S. Winder of the Stonewall Brigade / Robert E. L. Krick -- Prejudices and partialities : the Garnett controversy revisited / A. Cash Koeniger.

Sommario/riassunto

An exploration of the Shenandoah Valley campaign, known for its role in establishing Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson's reputation as a Confederate Hero. It addresses military leadership, the campaign's political and social impact and the difference between memories of the events and historical record.