The Us Army War College Guide To The Battles Of Chancellorsville Fredericksburg
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Author | : Jay Luvaas |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 382 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780700605682 |
Download The U. S. Army War College Guide to the Battles of Chancellorsville and Fredericksburg Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, 1862-63, were remarkable in several respects. Both revealed the problems of mounting a serious attack at night and provided the first examples of the now-familiar trench warfare. Fredericksburg featured street fighting and river crossings under fire. Chancellorsville was marked by Stonewall Jackson's death and the rare instance of mounted cavalry attacking infantry. In addition, the latter battle also demonstrated in striking fashion the profound influence of the commander on the battle. The Union committed more soldiers, supplies, money, and better equipment than did the Confederacy, and yet Lee won. Eyewitness accounts by battle participants make these guides an invaluable resource for travelers and nontravelers who want a greater understanding of five of the most devastating yet influential years in our nation's history. Explicit directions to points of interest and maps illustrating the action and showing the detail of troop position, roads, rivers, elevations, and tree lines as they were 130 years ago help bring the battles to life. In the field, these guides can be used to recreate each battle's setting and proportions, giving the reader a sense of the tension and fear each soldier must have felt as he faced his enemy."
Author | : Jay Luvaas |
Publisher | : Harper Perennial |
Total Pages | : 396 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : History |
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Download The U.S. Army War College Guide to the Battles of Chancellorsville & Fredericksburg Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : Jay Luvaas |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 396 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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This guide contains remarkable detail on several firsts and rarities for the time period, from crossings under fire and street fighting to now-familiar trench warfare.
Author | : Gary W. Gallagher |
Publisher | : UNC Press Books |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780807822753 |
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Chancellorsville was a remarkable victory for Lee's troops, who were outnumbered two to one. The campaign had enormous psychological importance for both sides, who had met recently at Fredericksburg and would meet again at Gettysburg in just two months. But the victory, while stunning, came at an enormous cost: more than 13,000 Confederates became casualties, including Stonewall Jackson, who was wounded by friendly fire and died several days later. The topics covered in this volume include the influence of politics on the Union army, the importance of courage among officers, the impact of the war on children, and the state of battlefield medical care. Other essays illuminate the important but overlooked role of Confederate commander Jubal Early, reassess the professionalism of the Union cavalry, investigate the incident of friendly fire that took Stonewall Jackson's life, and analyze the military and political background of Confederate colonel Emory Best's court-martial on charges of abandoning his men.
Author | : Harold W. Nelson |
Publisher | : South Mountain Press, Incorporated |
Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780937339022 |
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Author | : Chris Mackowski |
Publisher | : Grub Street Publishers |
Total Pages | : 330 |
Release | : 2013-05-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1611211379 |
Download Chancellorsville's Forgotten Front Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The first book-length study of two overlooked engagements that helped turned the tide of a pivotal Civil War battle. By May of 1863, the stone wall at the base of Marye’s Heights above Fredericksburg, Virginia, loomed large over the Army of the Potomac, haunting its men with memories of slaughter from their crushing defeat there the previous December. They would assault it again with a very different result the following spring. This time the Union troops wrested the wall and high ground from the Confederates and drove west into the enemy’s rear. The inland drive stalled in heavy fighting at Salem Church. Chancellorsville’s Forgotten Front is the first book to examine Second Fredericksburg and Salem Church and the central roles they played in the final Southern victory. Authors Chris Mackowski and Kristopher D. White have long appreciated the pivotal roles these engagements played in the Chancellorsville campaign, and just how close the Southern army came to grief—and the Union army to stunning success. Together they seamlessly weave their extensive newspaper, archival, and firsthand research into a compelling narrative to better understand these combats, which usually garner little more than a footnote to the larger story of Stonewall Jackson’s march and fatal wounding. Chancellorsville’s Forgotten Front offers a thorough examination of the decision-making, movements, and fighting that led to the bloody stalemate at Salem Church, as Union soldiers faced the horror of an indomitable wall of stone—and an undersized Confederate division stood up to a Union juggernaut.
Author | : Ted Ballard |
Publisher | : Pickle Partners Publishing |
Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 2014-08-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1782898565 |
Download Chancellorsville Staff Ride: Briefing Book [Illustrated Edition] Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Contains more than 20 maps, diagrams and illustrations Although "Fighting Joe" Hooker skillfully executes a well-conceived plan and out-flanks his adversary, months of offensive planning are shelved as he suddenly orders his army on the defensive. Lee seizes the initiative and achieves what has often been called his most brilliant victory. How could this happen when Hooker's army outnumbers that of Lee 2 to 1 and is far superior in artillery and logistics? Answers to these and other questions concerning leadership, communications, use of terrain, and the psychology of men in battle, are often found by personal reconnaissance of the battlefield. This book offers a staff ride briefing of Chancellorsville. Since 1906 staff rides have been used to in the education of U.S. Army officers to narrow the gap between peacetime training and war.
Author | : Jay Luvaas |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : History |
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Download Guide to the Atlanta Campaign Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Combines official histories and on-the-scene reports, orders, and letters from commanding Union officers with specially-drawn maps depicting the terrain within which they fought in May 1864. Includes easy-to-understand routes for tourists to follow.
Author | : Joseph P. Cullen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 58 |
Release | : 1966 |
Genre | : Chancellorsville (Va.), Battle of, 1863 |
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Download The Battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, the Wilderness, and Spotsylvania Court House, where a Hundred Thousand Fell Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
"...Here, within a radius of 17 miles, occurred over 100,000 American casualties in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Wilderness, and Spotsylvania Court House, all involving strategy and tactics beyond the understanding of the average soldier. The park preserves and interprets some of the scenes of those four great Civil War battles. The quiet, peaceful woods and fields are a constant reminder of how much we owe to the sacrifice of others. Here they came, here they fought, and here they died." --Page [5].
Author | : Samuel Penniman Bates |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 1882 |
Genre | : Chancellorsville, Battle of, Chancellorsville, Va., 1863 |
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