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For Brotherhood and Duty : The Civil War History of the West Point Class of 1862 /

During the tense months leading up to the American Civil War, the cadets at the United States Military Academy at West Point continued their education even as the nation threatened to dissolve around them. Students from both the North and South struggled to understand events such as John Brown'...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McEnany, Brian R. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2015
Colección:American warriors (Lexington, Ky.)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • The West Point years
  • Aspirations
  • The beginnings of strife
  • Crises of conscience
  • "When shall we meet again?"
  • The Civil War years
  • McCrea joins the Army of the Potomac
  • McCrea, Egan, and the Maryland campaign
  • Egan at Fredericksburg
  • Sanderson, Arnold, McIntire, and Warner at Chancellorsville
  • Calef, Mackenzie, McCrea, Egan, Dearing, and Blount at Gettysburg
  • Mansfield, Semmes, and West at Port Hudson
  • Mccrea and the Battle of Olustee
  • Sanderson, Semmes, and West at Pleasant Hill
  • Mackenzie, Gillespie, Calef, Egan, Dearing, and Schaff during the Overland and Petersburg campaigns
  • Murray at Atlanta
  • Mackenzie and McIntire in the Shenandoah Valley
  • Dearing at High Bridge
  • Mackenzie, Lord, and Dearing at Appomattox
  • Warner, Bartlett, and the last battles
  • Remembrances
  • Epilogue
  • Acknowledgments
  • Appendix. Biographical sketches of the Class of 1862.