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Author Mackowski, Christopher, author

Title That furious struggle : Chancellorsville and the high tide of the Confederacy, May 1-4, 1863 / by Chris Mackowski and Kristopher D. White
Published El Dorado Hills, California : Savas Beatic, 2014
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Description 1 online resource (193 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Emerging Civil War Series
Emerging Civil War series.
Contents Acknowledgments; Touring the Battlefields; Introduction; Prologue: The Wounding of Stonewall Jackson; Chapter One: The Road to Chancellorsville; Chapter Two: The Most Important Crossroads in America; Chapter Three: The First Day's Battle; Chapter Four: Settling In; Chapter Five: The Cracker Box Meeting; Chapter Six: On the March; Chapter Seven: Catharine Furnace; Chapter Eight: Withdrawals; Chapter Nine: Jackson's Flank March; Chapter Ten: The Attack; Chapter Eleven: The Key to the Battlefield; Chapter Twelve: The Crucible of Battle; Chapter Thirteen: "Agony and Conflict."
Chapter Fourteen: The Forgotten FrontEpilogue: Beyond the Crossroads; Appendix A: The Rivers and Fords; Appendix B: Stoneman's Raid; Appendix C: Jackson's Flank Attack Reconsidered; Appendix D: The Chancellors of Chancellorsville; Appendix E: Matthew Fontaine Maury; Order of Battle; Suggested Reading; About the Authors
Summary Authors Chris Mackowski and Kristopher D. White have worked for years to compile this remarkable story of one of the war''s greatest battles. escribes the series of controversial events that define this crucial battle, including General Robert E. Lee''s radical decision to divide his small army--a violation of basic military rules--sending Stonewall Jackson on his famous march around the Union army flank. Jackson''s death--accidentally shot by one of his own soldiers--is one of the many fascinating stories included in this definitive account of the battle of Chancellorsville.""That Furious Fir
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 18, 2014)
Subject Chancellorsville, Battle of, Chancellorsville, Va., 1863.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Virginia -- Chancellorsville
Form Electronic book
Author White, Kristopher, author
ISBN 9781611212204
1611212200