03246nam 2200685 a 450 991046005020332120200520144314.01-4696-0402-70-8078-9570-9(CKB)2670000000037572(EBL)565698(OCoLC)658203932(SSID)ssj0000413136(PQKBManifestationID)11299760(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000413136(PQKBWorkID)10369386(PQKB)11049570(StDuBDS)EDZ0000245482(MiAaPQ)EBC565698(MdBmJHUP)muse23445(Au-PeEL)EBL565698(CaPaEBR)ebr10405068(CaONFJC)MIL930950(EXLCZ)99267000000003757220091110d2010 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe bravest of the brave[electronic resource] the correspondence of Stephen Dodson Ramseur /edited by George G. Kundahl ; foreword by Gary W. GallagherChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20101 online resource (343 p.)Civil War AmericaDescription based upon print version of record.1-4696-1485-5 0-8078-3373-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- The formative years, 1837-1855 -- Wearing the military uniform of the United States : the West Point years and service as an army officer, 1855-1861 -- Confederate artillery officer, 1861-1862 -- Regimental commander, April-October 1862 -- Brigade commander (I), November 1862-October 1863 -- Brigade commander (II), November 1863-May 1864 -- Division commander, May-October 1864 -- Death and aftermath.Born in Lincolnton, North Carolina, in 1837, Stephen Dodson Ramseur rose meteorically through the military ranks. Graduating from West Point in 1860, he joined the Confederate army as a captain. By the time of his death near the end of the war at the Battle of Cedar Creek, he had attained the rank of major general in the Army of Northern Virginia. He excelled in every assignment and was involved as a senior officer in many of the war's most important conflicts east of the Appalachians. Ramseur's letters--over 180 of which are collected and transcribed here by George Kundahl--provide hiCivil War America.GeneralsConfederate States of AmericaCorrespondenceGeneralsConfederate States of AmericaBiographyGeneralsUnited StatesBiographyUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Personal narratives, ConfederateUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865CampaignsElectronic books.GeneralsGeneralsGenerals973.7/82Ramseur Stephen Dodson1837-1864.1047765Kundahl George G.1940-1047766MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460050203321The bravest of the brave2475600UNINA