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Author Peterson, Lawrence K

Title Confederate combat commander : the remarkable life of Brigadier General Alfred Jefferson Vaughan Jr / lawrence K. Peterson
Edition First edition
Published Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2013]
©2013

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 328 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Offering myself as a candidate -- No stone or mineral -- Go with your people -- On his mettle -- We can take it -- The most complete victory -- Change front, forward on first company -- Who has those colors? -- Let the appointment be made -- To what command do they belong? -- More than mere mortals could stand -- Have never seen it since -- Killed thirty-two hogs -- Bravest and noblest wearer of the gray
Summary Known as one of the most aggressive Confederate officers in the Western Theater, Brigadier General Alfred Jefferson Vaughan Jr. is legendary for having had eight horses shot out from under him in battle-more than any other infantry commander, Union or Confederate. Yet despite the exceptional bravery demonstrated by his dubious feat, Vaughan remains a largely overlooked Civil War leader. In Confederate Combat Commander, Lawrence K. Peterson explores the life of this unheralded yet important rebel officer before, during, and after his military service. A graduate of Virginia M
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-312) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Vaughan, Alfred J., 1830-
SUBJECT Vaughan, Alfred J., 1830-
Vaughan, Alfred J., 1830- fast
Vaughan, Alfred J. 1830-1899 gnd
Subject Generals -- Confederate States of America -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
Generals
Military campaigns
SUBJECT United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140214
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140216
Subject United States
United States -- Confederate States of America
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781621900245
162190024X