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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778123303321

Autore

Cooling Benjamin Franklin, III, <1938->

Titolo

Counter-thrust [[electronic resource] ] : from the Peninsula to the Antietam / / Benjamin Franklin Cooling

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2007

ISBN

1-281-09219-3

9786611092191

0-8032-1543-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (385 p.)

Collana

Great campaigns of the Civil War

Disciplina

973.7/55

Soggetti

Offensive (Military science) - History - 19th century

Virginia History Civil War, 1861-1865

Maryland History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns

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. [329]-340) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Summer impasse -- From Tidewater to Cedar Mountain -- Stonewall and a Virginia reel -- Lee and Pope at Second Manassas -- In the rain at Chantilly -- Maryland, my Maryland -- South Mountain and Harpers Ferry -- The bridges of the Antietam -- Opportunities found and lost.

Sommario/riassunto

Focuses on Union's internal conflict at building a successful military leadership team. This book shows us Lincoln's administration in disarray, with relations between the president and field commander McClellan strained to the breaking point. It gives details about the critical moment in the unfolding of the Civil War.