Winfield Scott: preparing for a long war, May 3, 1861 -- Benjamin Butler: contraband of war? July 30, 1861 -- George McClellan: overwhelming force, August 4, 1861 -- Ulysses S. Grant: Unconditional surrender, February 16, 1862 -- George McClellan: McClellan and politics, July 7, 1862 -- Ambrose Burnside: defeat at Fredericksburg, December 17, 1862 -- Joseph Hooker: defeat at Chancellorsville, May 6, 1863 -- Joshua Chamberlain: Little Round Top, July 2-3, 1863 -- George Meade: victory at Gettysburg, July 4, 1863 -- Ulysses S. Grant: Dear Julia, May 13, 1864 -- William T. Sherman: a letter to Atlanta, September 12, 1864 -- Philip Sheridan: Sheridan's ride, October 19, 1864 -- Philip Sheridan: the last battle, April 9, 1865 -- Chronology.
Summary:
Provides excerpts from letters, books, newspaper articles, speeches, and diaries which express various thoughts about the strategies, battles, personalities, and politics of generals during the Civil War.
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