Shenandoah 1862 : Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign /
One of the most intriguing and storied episodes of the Civil War, the Valley Campaign has heretofore only been related from the Confederate point of view. Cozzens gives equal attention to both Union and Confederate perspectives. He offers new interpretations of the campaign and the reasons for Jacks...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
2008.
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Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Summary: | One of the most intriguing and storied episodes of the Civil War, the Valley Campaign has heretofore only been related from the Confederate point of view. Cozzens gives equal attention to both Union and Confederate perspectives. He offers new interpretations of the campaign and the reasons for Jackson's success, demonstrates instances in which the mythology that has come to shroud the campaign has masked errors on Jackson's part, and provides the first detailed appraisal of Union leadership in the Valley Campaign, with some surprising conclusions. Moving seamlessly between tactical details and. |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (640 pages): illustrations. |
ISBN: | 9781469605234 |