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The meanest and 'damnest' job : the Civl War experiences and civilian history of Colonel Edmund Winchester Rucker /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Montgomery, AL :
NewSouth Books,
[2019]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. A Self-Trained Engineer; 2. Tennessee Prepares for War; 3. Fortifying the Mighty Mississippi; 4. Occupying Columbus : A Strategic Error; 5. The Kentucky Pro-U.S. 'Neutrality'; 6. Grant Takes the Initiative-Seizes Paducah; 7. Fort DeRussy-'Gibraltar of the West'; 8. The Inconclusive Battle of Belmont-'Seeing the Elephant'; 9. The Horrific Lady Polk Calamity-She was No 'Lady'; 10. Forts Henry and Donelson-Who's in Charge?
- 11. The Abandonment of Fort DeRussy-'Goodbye Columbus'12. Fortifying Island Number 10-A Soggy Sandbar; 13. The Construction of Rucker's Redan; 14. The Bombardment of Rucker's Redan-Three Cannons Hold Off 105; 15. The Abandonment of New Madrid and the Surrender of Island Number 10; 16. 'Bloody Shiloh' and the Retreat to Corinth; 17. Rucker Assigned to East Tennessee; 18. Braxton Bragg and Kirby Smith Invade Kentucky; 19. Martial Law: 'The Meanest and 'Damnest' Job'; 20. Rucker Not Re-elected as an Officer by His Men; 21. Rosecrans vs. Bragg-Two Procrastinators
- 22. Rucker Provides the Rear Guard in the Evacuation of Chattanooga; 23. Chickamauga-Bragg Snatches Defeat from the Jaws of Victory; 24. Chattanooga-'Grant Sprang like a Caged Lion'; 25. Rucker (Finally) Assigned to Serve with Forrest; 26. The Battle of Brices Cross Roads-'The Greatest of All Cavalry Battles'; 27. The Battle of Tupelo-Confederate Lack of Coordination; 28. Rucker Returns to Duty-and Controversy; 29. 'See the Boat Come 'Round the Bend'-The Horse Marines; 30. The Cannonade of Johnsonville-A 'Baby Waker!'; 31. Onward to Nashville-and Disaster
- 32. The Battle of Nashville-Confederate Misfortune; 33. Prisoner of War; 34. Forrest Calls It Quits; 35. After the War-Railroad Boom and Bust-and Boom Again; 36. From Railroad Builder to Pig Iron Magnate; Appendices; Appendix A. Tennessee Declaration of Independence and Ordinance; Appendix B. Military Organization and Rank; Appendix C. Forts Named DeRussy; Appendix D. Johnson's Island Military Prison; Appendix E. Forrest's Farewell Address to His Troops; Appendix F. That Matter of Rank for Rucker-and a Final Conundrum.