Shenandoah 1862 [[electronic resource] ] : Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign / / Peter Cozzens

• Autore: Cozzens Peter <1957->
• Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (640 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.7/32
• Soggetto topico: Shenandoah Valley Campaign, 1862
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [583]-612) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 This War Is a Farce; 2 Daughter of the Stars; 3 They Ain't Rigged Out Like Uncle Sam's Men; 4 The Dam[n] Trip; 5 Our True Policy Is to Attack; 6 Is Not War a Game of Risks?; 7 Be Careful Not to Be Caught; 8 Dangers Close Us Round on Every Side; 9 We Are Very Hard Pressed Now; 10 Keep That Army in the Valley; 11 We Are in for It; 12 It Seems Very Much Like Murder; 13 General Jackson Was Completely Taken In; 14 Vacillation Is Our Name; 15 Now We'll Have War in Earnest; 16 A Country to Fight For; 17 God Blessed Our Arms with Victory ; 18 On Your Course May Depend the Fate of Richmond 19 Go It, Boys! Maryland Whip Maryland!; 20 We Must Cut Our Way Through!; 21 This Is a Crushing Blow; 22 Attack at Daylight; 23 A Question of Legs; 24 I Was Never So Relieved in My Life; 25 Save the Bridge at Port Republic; 26 The Preservation of Our Army Depended on Us; 27 I Have Lost Confidence in Frémont; 28 All Has Gone Wrong Today; 29 The Game Cock of the Valley; Appendix: The Opposing Forces in the Shenandoah Valley Campaign; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In the spring of 1862, Federal troops under the command of General George B. McClellan launched what was to be a coordinated, two-pronged attack on Richmond in the hope of taking the Confederate capital and bringing a quick end to the Civil War. The Confederate high command tasked Stonewall Jackson with diverting critical Union resources from this drive, a mission Jackson fulfilled by repeatedly defeating much larger enemy forces. His victories elevated him to near iconic status in both the North and the South and signaled a long war ahead. One of the most intriguing and storied episodes
• Titolo autorizzato: Shenandoah 1862
• ISBN: 1-4696-0523-6; 0-8078-9847-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458290703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Civil War America.