LEADER 03212nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910821393203321 005 20221004162322.0 010 $a1-4696-0402-7 010 $a0-8078-9570-9 035 $a(CKB)2670000000037572 035 $a(EBL)565698 035 $a(OCoLC)658203932 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000413136 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11299760 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000413136 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10369386 035 $a(PQKB)11049570 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000245482 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse23445 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL565698 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10405068 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL930950 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC565698 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000037572 100 $a20091110d2010 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe bravest of the brave$b[electronic resource] $ethe correspondence of Stephen Dodson Ramseur /$fedited by George G. Kundahl ; foreword by Gary W. Gallagher 210 $aChapel Hill $cUniversity of North Carolina Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (343 p.) 225 1 $aCivil War America 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4696-1485-5 311 $a0-8078-3373-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- 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. 330 $aBorn in Lincolnton, North Carolina, in 1837, Stephen Dodson Ramseur rose meteorically through the military ranks. Graduating from West Point in 1860, he joined the Confederate army as a captain. By the time of his death near the end of the war at the Battle of Cedar Creek, he had attained the rank of major general in the Army of Northern Virginia. He excelled in every assignment and was involved as a senior officer in many of the war's most important conflicts east of the Appalachians. Ramseur's letters--over 180 of which are collected and transcribed here by George Kundahl--provide hi 410 0$aCivil War America. 606 $aGenerals$zConfederate States of America$vCorrespondence 606 $aGenerals$zConfederate States of America$vBiography 606 $aGenerals$zUnited States$vBiography 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$vPersonal narratives, Confederate 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xCampaigns 615 0$aGenerals 615 0$aGenerals 615 0$aGenerals 676 $a973.7/82 700 $aRamseur$b Stephen Dodson$f1837-1864.$01594078 701 $aKundahl$b George G.$f1940-$01594079 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821393203321 996 $aThe bravest of the brave$93914492 997 $aUNINA