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1 online resource (xi, 292 pages) : illustrations |
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Shades of blue and gray series |
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Shades of blue and gray series.
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| Contents |
Sherman's Forgotten General HENRY W. SLOCUM; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Early Life The Speculator Goes to West Point, to Work, and to War; CHAPTER 2 "I attended services at Manassas last Sunday" The Battle of Bull Run and After; CHAPTER 3 Principles, Party, and Promotions From Bull Run to Antietam; CHAPTER 4 Corps Command and Controversy Harpers Ferry, the Mud March, and Chancellorsville; CHAPTER 5 "Stay and fight it out" McClellan at Gettysburg by Proxy; CHAPTER 6 "Where is Slocum?" Tennessee, Vicksburg, and Atlanta |
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CHAPTER 7 "Sherman's mud-sills of the North" To Savannah and BentonvilleCHAPTER 8 Trifling with Fair Fame Political Suicide in 1865; CHAPTER 9 The Old Soldier Fades Away Business Booms in Brooklyn; Appendix; Selected Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
"Biography of Union major general Henry W. Slocum. Author explores Slocum's attitudes and tactics while serving under various Civil War generals such as George McClellan, Joseph "Fighting Joe" Hooker, and William Tecumseh Sherman"--Provided by publisher |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-283) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Slocum, Henry Warner, 1826-1894.
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Slocum, Henry Warner, 1826-1894 -- Military leadership
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Slocum, Henry Warner, 1826-1894 fast |
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United States. Army -- Biography.
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United States. Army fast |
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Generals -- United States -- Biography
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Command of troops -- Case studies
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY.
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Command of troops
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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
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Biographies
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Case studies
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History
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Biographies.
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Case studies.
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Biographies.
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Études de cas.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780826265883 |
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082626588X |
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