The Battle of the Wilderness in Myth and Memory : Reconsidering Virginia's Most Notorious Civil War Battlefield /

"In this book, Adam Petty argues that veterans and historians of the American Civil War created and perpetuated myths about the Wilderness, a forest in Virginia which was notorious for being one of the most challenging battlefields of the war. According to Petty, mythology about the campaigns i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Petty, Adam H. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2019]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Landscapes.
Historiography.
Collective memory.
Collective memory > United States > History.
Wilderness, Battle of the, Va., 1864 > Historiography.
Forests and forestry > Virginia > Spotsylvania County > History.
Landscapes > Virginia > Spotsylvania County > History.
Chancellorsville, Battle of, Chancellorsville, Va., 1863.
Mine Run Campaign, Va., 1863.
Wilderness, Battle of the, Va., 1864.
Forests and forestry.
Virginia > Spotsylvania County.
Virginia > Chancellorsville.
Virginia.
United States.
Spotsylvania County (Va.) > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The nature and origins of the wilderness
  • Battle in the wilderness
  • The wilderness mystique
  • The Confederate edge in the wilderness
  • The wilderness, military operations, and memory
  • Conclusion.

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