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Title:

Union generals / edited by Tom Head.

Publisher:

Blackbirch Press,

Copyright Date:

c2003

Description:

p. cm.

Subject:

United States.--Army.--Biography.
United States.--Army.--Biography.
Generals--United States.--Biography.
Generals--United States.--Biography.
United States--History--1861-1865, Civil War--Personal narratives.
United States--History--1861-1865, Civil War--Sources.
United States--History--1861-1865, Civil War--Personal narratives.
United States--History--1861-1865, Civil War--Sources.

Other Authors:

Head, Tom.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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.

Series:

Voices from the Civil War

ISBN:

9781567117950 (lib. bdg.) :
1567117953 (lib. bdg.) :

LCCN:

2002153710

Locations:

SIPD314 -- James Kennedy Public Library (Dyersville)

LZSX115 -- Storm Lake Middle School (Storm Lake)