Citizen-general : Jacob Dolson Cox and the Civil War era /

The wrenching events of the Civil War transformed not only the United States but also the men unexpectedly called on to lead their fellow citizens in this first modern example of total war. Jacob Dolson Cox, a former divinity student with no formal military training, was among those who rose to the...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Schmiel, Gene (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Athens : Ohio University Press, [2014]
Series:War and society in North America (Athens, Ohio)
Subjects:
Cox, Jacob D. > (Jacob Dolson), > 1828-1900.
Cox, Jacob D. > (Jacob Dolson), > 1828-1900
1861-1865
Generals > United States > Biography.
Governors > Ohio > Biography.
Généraux > États-Unis > Biographies.
Gouverneurs > Ohio > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
HISTORY > General.
Generals
Governors
Military campaigns
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Biography.
Ohio > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Biography.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Campaigns.
Ohio > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Biographies.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Campagnes et batailles.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Biographies.
Ohio
United States
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Citizen of the Western Reserve: maturing in peace, girding for war
  • A citizen-general secures (West) Virginia
  • Citizen-general on the national stage: the Maryland Campaign
  • Citizen/political general: political wars outside the mainstream
  • Division and army commander: the Atlanta Campaign
  • Citizen-warrior: the Franklin-Nashville Campaign and war's end
  • From citizen-general to state and national political leader
  • Citizen-statesman
  • Civil War historian
  • Renaissance man in the Gilded Age.

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