The Military Reminiscences of the Civil War

Military Reminiscences of the Civil War" in 2 volumes is a personal account written by the Union Army general Jacob D. Cox. The author's aim in this book was to reproduce his own experience in the American Civil War in such a way as to help the reader understand just how the duties and the problems of that great conflict presented themselves successively to a man who had an active part in it from the beginning to the end. This carefully crafted e-artnow ebook is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Volume 1: The Outbreak of the War Camp Dennison Mcclellan in West Virginia The Kanawha Valley Gauley Bridge Carnifex Ferry – To Sewell Mountain and Back Cotton Mountain Winter- Quarters Volunteers and Regulars The Mountain Department – Spring Campaign Pope in Command – Transfer to Washington Retreat within the Lines – Reorganization – Halleck and His Subordinates South Mountain Antietam: Preliminary Movements Antietam: the Fight on the Right Antietam: the Fight on the Left Mcclellan and Politics – His Removal and Its Cause Personal Relations of Mcclellan, Burnside, and Porter Return to West Virginia… Volume 2: Grant in Command – Rosecrans Relieved Siege of Knoxville – End of Burnside's Campaign Affairs in District of Ohio – Plot to Liberate Prisoners at Johnson's Island A Winter Ride on the Cumberland Mountains Winter Bivouacs in East Tennessee Grant's Visit – The Dandridge Affair Winter Quarters in East Tennessee – Preparations for a New Campaign Schofield in East Tennessee – Duties as Chief of Staff – Final Operations in the Valley Grant, Halleck, and Sherman – Johnston and Mr. Davis Atlanta Campaign: Dalton and Resaca Atlanta Campaign: Advance to the Etowah Atlanta Campaign: New Hope Church and the Kennesaw Lines Atlanta Campaign: Marietta Lines – Crossing the Chattahoochee Hood's Defence of Atlanta – Results of Its Capture The Rest at Atlanta – Staff Organization and Changes…

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E-bog: 7. marts 2022