Articles of war : winners, losers, and some who were both in the Civil War , None by Castel, Albert, 1928-2014, None instant download

Articles of war : winners, losers, and some who were both in the Civil War , None by Castel, Albert, 1928-2014, None instant download

xii, 244 pages : 24 cm, \"This collection of biographical essays on the 'winners and losers' of the Civil War covers some of the most intriguing ... The pieces featured ... represent a broad cross-section of Castel's scholarship; most were written over a fifty-year period for publication in national 'popular history' magazines such as American heritage, Civil War history, and Civil War times illustrated\"--Jacket, Includes index, Grant takes Vicksburg -- \"Don't he look savage!\": Black Jack Logan -- Alpheus S. \"Ol Papa\" Williams: the fighting and writing general from Michigan -- Nathan Bedford Forest: born to fight -- George B. McClellan: \"I can do it all.\" -- Earl Van Dorn: bravery was not enough -- In quest of glory: George Stoneman's attempt to free the Andersonville prisoners -- Theophilus H. Holmes: pallbearer of the confederacy -- Albert Sidney Johnston: the greatest might-have-been of the Civil War -- Death comes to the bishop: when luck ran out for Leonidas Polk -- Jim Lane of Kansas: \"King of the Jayhawkers.\" -- William Clarke Quantrill -- Sam Houston's last stand -- The fall and rise of William Tecumseh Sherman