Don Carlos Buell, Gentleman General
Author : James Robert Chumney
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Page : 448 pages
File Size : 32,65 MB
Release : 1964
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Author : James Robert Chumney
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Page : 448 pages
File Size : 32,65 MB
Release : 1964
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Author : Stephen D. Engle
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 12,51 MB
Release : 2014
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Author : Stephen D. Engle
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 37,83 MB
Release : 2006-12-29
Category : History
ISBN : 0807875791
Major General Don Carlos Buell stood among the senior Northern commanders early in the Civil War, led the Army of the Ohio in the critical Kentucky theater in 1861-62, and helped shape the direction of the conflict during its first years. Only a handful of Northern generals loomed as large on the military landscape during this period, and Buell is the only one of them who has not been the subject of a full-scale biography. A conservative Democrat, Buell viewed the Civil War as a contest to restore the antebellum Union rather than a struggle to bring significant social change to the slaveholding South. Stephen Engle explores the effects that this attitude--one shared by a number of other Union officers early in the war--had on the Northern high command and on political-military relations. In addition, he examines the ramifications within the Army of the Ohio of Buell's proslavery leanings. A personally brave, intelligent, and talented officer, Buell nonetheless failed as a theater and army commander, and in late 1862 he was removed from command. But as Engle notes, Buell's attitude and campaigns provided the Union with a valuable lesson: that the Confederacy would not yield to halfhearted campaigns with limited goals.
Author : United States. Congress House. Comm. on Military Affairs
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 18,94 MB
Release : 1872
Category : Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
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Author : United States. Congress House. Comm. on Military Affairs
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Page : 72 pages
File Size : 35,40 MB
Release : 1872
Category : Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
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Author : Don Carlos Buell
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Page : pages
File Size : 28,56 MB
Release : 1885
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Author : James B. Fry
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Page : 123 pages
File Size : 20,49 MB
Release : 2018-01-27
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ISBN : 9781977015105
Ulysses S. Grant wrote in his memoirs of Don Carlos Buell, "General Buell was a brave, intelligent officer, with as much professional pride and ambition of a commendable sort as I ever knew."Yet Buell was cashiered from the army during the American Civil War after the battles of Shiloh and Perryville. The North was outraged that Buell had not defeated an outnumbered Confederate force and considered him too cautious.One man who served with him, James Fry, attempted to give Buell his day in court with this account of Buell's actions from June 10th TO October 30th, 1862. Included here are excerpts from the so-called Buell Commission investigating his command, and Buell's own responses. It all makes for fascinating reading of a little-known and important event in the Civil War.Every memoir of the American Civil War provides us with another view of the catastrophe that changed the country forever.For the first time, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.
Author : John Cosby Settle
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Page : 154 pages
File Size : 10,82 MB
Release : 1992
Category : United States
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Author : Steven E. Woodworth
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Page : 258 pages
File Size : 30,77 MB
Release : 1999
Category : History
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Contains seven case studies evaluating Confederate and Union generals who might be considered "capable failures": officers of high pre-war reputation, some with distinguished records in the Civil War. Explores the various reasons these men suffered defeat such as flaws of character, errors of judgment, lack of preparation, or circumstances beyond their control. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Jack D. Welsh
Publisher : Kent State University Press
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 13,73 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Celebrities
ISBN : 9780873388535
During the Civil War, the majority of the 583 Union generals studied here were afflicted by disease, injured by accidents, or suffered wounds. This book includes a glossary of medical terms as well as a sequence of medical events during the Civil War listing wounds, accidents, and deaths.