Happiness Is Not My Companion
The Life of General G. K. Warren
Happiness Is Not My CompanionThe Life of General G. K. WarrenDavid M. JordanThe valorous but troubled career of the Civil War general, best known for his quick action to defend Little Round Top and avert a Union defeat at Gettysburg.Gouverneur K. Warren, a brilliant student at West Point and a topographical engineer, earned early acclaim for his explorations of the Nebraska Territory and the Black Hills in the 1850s. With the start of the Civil War, Warren moved from teacher at West Point to lieutenant colonel of a New York regiment and was soon a rising star in the Army of the Potomac. His fast action at Little Round Top, bringing Federal tr…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-253-10894-4
- EAN: 9780253108944
- Produktnummer: 20454613
- Verlag: Indiana University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2001
- Seitenangabe: 416 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 2'881 KB
- Abbildungen: 13 b&w photos, 11 maps
Über den Autor
David M. Jordan, a native of Philadelphia, graduate of Princeton University, and a practicing attorney, has previously published biographies of New York political boss Roscoe Conkling, Union general Winfield Scott Hancock, and left-handed pitcher Hal Newhouser, as well as a history of the Philadelphia Athletics.
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