Commanding the Storm
Civil War Battles in the Words of the Generals Who Fought Them
From Beauregard and Custer to Lee and Sherman, twelve commanders from each side vividly describe what they and their men experienced at twelve of the war's most legendary battles from Fort Sumter to Appomattox Court House in accounts gathered from letters, memoirs, reports, and testimonies. They relate noted incidents and personal triumphs and tragedies while covering strategies and explaining battlefield decisions. Trench warfare at Petersburg and Sherman's scorched earth policy in Georgia foreshadowed the world wars to come, and technological advancements—such as armored steamships, landmines, and machine guns—literally changed the landscap…
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- ISBN: 978-0-7627-9002-9
- EAN: 9780762790029
- Produktnummer: 20426756
- Verlag: Lyons Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 336 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 4'660 KB
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