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Author:

Mendoza, Alexander, 1970-

Title:

Confederate struggle for command : General James Longstreet and the First Corps in the West / Alexander Mendoza.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Texas A&M University Press

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

xxi, 278 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Longstreet, James,--1821-1904--Military leadership.
Confederate States of America--Army of Tennessee.
Confederate States of America--Corps, 1st.--Corps, 1st.
Generals--Confederate States of America--Biography.
Command of troops--Case studies.
Tennessee--Campaigns.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.
United States--Campaigns.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.
United States--Regimental histories.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

"Our best opportunity for great results is in Tennessee" : Longstreet and the First Corps's road to the West -- "One of the most gallant struggles" : Operation Westward Ho and the Chickamauga campaign -- "The shafts of malice that have been hurled against him" : Longstreet and the command crisis in the Army of Tennessee -- "It is hard to keep up one's spirits with an empty stomach and wet clothing" : the First Corps at Chattanooga -- "No men who are determined to succeed can fail" : Knoxville, November 1863 -- "I long for some relief from this constant toil and anxiety" : leadership and conflict in the First Corps, 1863-64 -- "Bitter cold, everything frozen" : the First Corps in East Tennessee, 1863-64.

Series:

Texas A&M University military history series ; 120
Texas A & M University military history series ; 120

ISBN:

1603440526 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781603440523 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2007052616

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

AKPC906 -- Eldon Public Library (Eldon)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)