Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 471 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Civil War America |
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Civil War America (Series)
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Contents |
Early years -- Saving Missouri -- Take care of Missouri -- If both factions shall abuse you -- Escape to the front -- The Franklin-Nashville campaign -- To the east--to the end -- Soldier-statesman -- Secretary of War -- The rocky road of reform -- The mistake of my life -- Uncertain future -- Incremental reformer -- In retirement and in retrospect |
Summary |
Presenting a biography of Lieutenant General John McAllister Schofield, this book examines the career of one of the leading commanders in the western theater during the Civil War. In doing so, it illuminates the role of politics in the formulation of military policy, during both war and peace, in the latter half of the nineteenth century |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-450) 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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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
Subject |
Schofield, John McAllister, 1831-1906.
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SUBJECT |
Schofield, John McAllister, 1831-1906 fast |
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United States. Army -- Biography.
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United States. Army -- History -- 19th century
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United States. Army fast |
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Generals -- United States -- Biography
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Civil-military relations -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
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HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
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Civil-military relations
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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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Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780807877081 |
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0807877085 |
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9781429453868 |
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1429453869 |
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