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Record Nr.

UNINA9910796465903321

Autore

Sears Stephen W.

Titolo

George B. McClellan : the young Napoleon / / Stephen W. Sears

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Ticknor & Fields, , 1988

©1988

ISBN

0-544-39122-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (482 p.)

Disciplina

973.741092

Soggetti

Generals - United States

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Cover""; ""Front Flap""; ""Front Matter""; ""Half Title""; ""Other Books by this Author""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Maps""; ""Introduction""; ""1. The Making of a Soldier""; ""2. On Peacetime Service""; ""3. Life in a Civilian World""; ""4. The Call to War""; ""Map of Western Virginia Theater""; ""5. Building an Army""; ""6. General of All the Armies""; ""7. The Grand Campaign""; ""Map of Eastern Virginia Theater""; ""8. On the Peninsula""; ""9. The Battle for Richmond""; ""Map of The Richmond Battlefields""; ""10. Impasse at Harrison's Landing""

""11. General Without an Army""""Illustrations""; ""12. Opportunity of a Lifetime""; ""Map of The Maryland Theater""; ""13. The Battle of Antietam""; ""Map of The Antietam Battlefield""; ""14. The Last Command""; ""15. The Political Arena""; ""16. Campaign for the Presidency""; ""17. The Old Soldier""; ""Epilogue: A Memoir for History""; ""Back Matter""; ""Sources and Acknowledgments""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""