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Author Cooling, Benjamin Franklin, III, 1938-

Title Counter-thrust : from the Peninsula to the Antietam / Benjamin Franklin Cooling
Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 354 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps
Series Great campaigns of the Civil War
Great campaigns of the Civil War.
Contents Summer impasse -- From Tidewater to Cedar Mountain -- Stonewall and a Virginia reel -- Lee and Pope at Second Manassas -- In the rain at Chantilly -- Maryland, my Maryland -- South Mountain and Harpers Ferry -- The bridges of the Antietam -- Opportunities found and lost
Summary Focuses on Union's internal conflict at building a successful military leadership team. This book shows us Lincoln's administration in disarray, with relations between the president and field commander McClellan strained to the breaking point. It gives details about the critical moment in the unfolding of the Civil War
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-340) and index
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Subject Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 -- Military leadership
McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885 -- Military leadership
Pope, John, 1822-1892 -- Military leadership
SUBJECT Pope, John, 1822-1892 -- Military leadership
McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885 -- Military leadership
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 -- Military leadership
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 fast
McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885 fast
Pope, John, 1822-1892 fast
McClellan, George Brinton. swd
Lee, Robert E. Soldat. swd
Pope, John. swd
Subject Confederate States of America. Army of Northern Virginia -- History
SUBJECT Confederate States of America. Army of Northern Virginia fast
Subject Offensive (Military science) -- History -- 19th century
HISTORY.
HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Command of troops
Military campaigns
Offensive (Military science)
Sezessionskrieg 1861-1865
SUBJECT Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2012001429
Maryland -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140216
Subject Maryland
United States
Virginia
Maryland
Virginia
Bull Run River -- Schlacht <1862>
Antietam Creek -- Schlacht.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2007022761
ISBN 9780803215436
0803215436
9781496209108
1496209109
1281092193
9781281092199
9786611092191
6611092196