Braxton Bragg : The Most Hated Man of the Confederacy /

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As a leading Confederate general, Braxton Bragg (1817-76) earned a reputation for incompetence, wantonly shooting his own soldiers, and losing battles. The negative opinions of Bragg's contemporaries have continued to colour assessments of the his military career by generations of historians. R...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hess, Earl J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2017.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Bragg, Braxton, > 1817-1876.
Confederate States of America. > Army.
Generals.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Generaux > États confederes d'Amerique > Biographies.
Generals > Confederate States of America > Biography.
United States > Confederate States of America.
United States.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession)
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
Biographies.
History.
collective biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:As a leading Confederate general, Braxton Bragg (1817-76) earned a reputation for incompetence, wantonly shooting his own soldiers, and losing battles. The negative opinions of Bragg's contemporaries have continued to colour assessments of the his military career by generations of historians. Rather than take these assessments at face value, Earl J. Hess's biography offers a much more balanced account of Bragg.
Item Description:Previously issued in print: 2016.
Physical Description:1 online resource (368 pages): illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
Audience:Specialized.
ISBN:9781469628776

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