Upton and the Army
Emory Upton (1839-1881) was the epitome of a professional soldier, according to Stephen E. Ambrose. Indeed, his entire adult life was devoted to the single-minded pursuit of a military career. Upton was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Fifth United States Artillery on May 6, 1861, the day of his graduation from the United States Military Academy, and by age twenty-five he had risen to the rank of major general. He distinguished himself in battles at Spotsylvania, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, and Charlottesville, in Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley campaign, and in Wilson's celebrated cavalry raid through Alabama and Georgia at the end of th…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8071-1850-4
- EAN: 9780807118504
- Produktnummer: 9546359
- Verlag: Louisiana State University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1993
- Seitenangabe: 214 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D1.1 cm 276 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 276
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