Lee's lieutenants, a study in command / by Douglas Southall Freeman.
This 3 volume set is an elaborate and detailed account of the generals in the Confederate States of America. The 3 volumes run in what the author breaks into the components by battle campaigns. Manassas to Malvern Hill in volume 1, Cedar Mountain to Chancellorsville in volume 2 and Gettysburg to Appomatox in volume 3. These volumes include many pictures of the legendary generals as well as battlefield diagrams.
Record details
- ISBN: 0684101750
- ISBN: 9780684101750
- Physical Description: 3 volumes. : illustrations (portraits) maps (part folded). ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : C. Scribner's sons, 1942-44.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Autographed copy.
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- "Short-title index": volume 3, pages 781-784. "Select critical bibliography": volume 3, pages 797-825.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Volume 1. "Old Bory's coming" -- Magruder and D.H. Hill Emerge -- First loss of a leader -- Beauregard essays grand strategy -- Beauregard plans a battle -- Beauregard's star at Zenith -- Pursuit and a confused council -- Subordinates of promise -- The star of Beauregard is beclouded -- Johnston passes a dark winter -- Johnston's withdrawal form Manassas -- Johnston retreats again -- The army that left Yorktown -- Williamsburg -- Eltham introduces John B. Hood -- Twenty-four unhappy days -- Seven Pines : a battle of strange errors -- Grim fruits of anniversary -- Old snarls are untangled -- Stuart justifies his plume -- General and Deacon Jackson at odds -- The building of a "new model" army -- "Dick" Ewell sticks by a "crazy man" -- Jackson launches his offensive -- Cedarville to Winchester--a dreadful night -- A victory ends at a manse -- "From the snare of a fowler" -- A crowning double victory -- "The hero of the south" -- Jackson marches to a confusing field -- The new organization fails -- First battle of A.N.Va. -- Magruder stays up too long -- The delay in the reconcentration -- Two columns are halted -- Holmes advances and Magruder gallops in vain -- Malvern Hill : a tragedy of staff -- The end of Magruder and of Huger -- Discontent and dyspepsia as problems of command -- Stuart makes a second "raid" -- The juniors who vied with veterans -- The enigma of Jackson's state of mind -- A new organization for new battles.
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- 36 of 37 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 2 of 2 copies available at Onslow County Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Jacksonville Main Library | 973.7 FRE 2 876726 (Text) | 36015000691895 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Jacksonville Main Library | 973.7 FRE 3 97114 (Text) | 36015000691226 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
