Shades of blue and gray : an introductory military history of the Civil War /

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An introductory military history of the American Civil War, Shades of Blue and Gray places the 1861-1865 conflict within the broad context of evolving warfare. Emphasizing technology and its significant impact, Hattaway includes valuable material on land and sea mines, minesweepers, hand grenades, a...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hattaway, Herman
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri Press, ©1997.
Temas:
1800-1899
Military weapons > United States > History > 19th century.
Military art and science > United States > History > 19th century.
Strategy > History > 19th century.
Armes de guerre > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Art et science militaires > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Stratégie > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY.
Military art and science
Military campaigns
Military weapons
Strategy
Sezessionskrieg > 1861-1865
Schlacht
Geschichte
Waffe
Kriegführung
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Campaigns.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Campagnes et batailles.
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Prologue : Dawn of military professionalism and an era of great technological change
  • Part I : Background and opening phases of the American Civil War
  • Transition to civil war ; Fighting begins ; War in the West : Henry W. Halleck and Ulysses S. Grant
  • Part II : War in apparent stalemate
  • Peninsula campaign ; Rival displaces McClellan; and a second chance ; Abortive 1862 Confederate invasion : Kentucky and Middle Tennessee ; Fredericksburg campaign : a study in generalship ; Chancellorsville campaign
  • Part III : Great turning points
  • Confederate jewels on the Mississippi : Vicksburg and Port Hudson ; Gettysburg campaign ; Long pull of the war ; Continuing Confederate viability
  • Part IV : Endgame phases
  • No end in sight : late 1863--early 1864 ; Grant and Sherman in grand simultaneous advance ; War draws to a conclusion
  • Epilogue : Full embodiment of military professionalism.

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