| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 234 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, plans |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Novice -- Apprenticeship -- Adversity -- Tutor -- Opportunity -- Distinction -- Destiny |
| Summary |
While researching this book, Jack C. Mason made the kind of discovery that historians dream of. He found more than one-hundred unpublished and unknown letters from Union general Israel B. Richardson to his family, written from his time as a West Point cadet until the day before his fatal wounding at the Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest day in American history. Using these freshly uncovered primary sources as well as extensive research in secondary materials, Mason has written the first-ever biography of Israel Bush Richardson. Richardson's letters span more than twen |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Richardson, Israel Bush, 1815-1862.
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| SUBJECT |
Richardson, Israel Bush, 1815-1862 fast |
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Richardson, Israel Bush, 1815-1862. fast/nic/nac |
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United States. Army -- Officers -- Biography.
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United States. Army of the Potomac -- Officers -- Biography
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United States. Army fast |
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United States. Army of the Potomac fast |
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Mexican War, 1846-1848 -- Campaigns.
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Mexican War, 1846-1848 -- Biography
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Generals -- United States -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY.
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Armed Forces -- Officers
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Generals
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Military campaigns
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140216
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140214
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2009010532 |
| ISBN |
9781441645944 |
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1441645942 |
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9780809386871 |
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0809386879 |
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9780809386871 |
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1280697644 |
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9781280697647 |
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9786613674609 |
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6613674605 |
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