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Grant and Forrest : Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Chattanooga : the Campaigns That Doomed the Confederacy
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Current format, Book, 2012, , No Longer Available. Offered in 0 more formatsUnion General Grant and Confederate General Forrest were both of lower class origins and both flouted military tradition during their careers. This narrative account focuses on the period April 1862-February 1864, when the two generals confronted each other at the battles of Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Chattanooga. In addition to detailing their military strategies and the battles, the book also examines their personalities and reputations, and looks into class attitudes in the North and South and the role of the South's aristocratic chain of command on the outcome of the war. The book includes an extensive 'glossary' of key participants in the battles, with notes on their lives, and is illustrated with b&w historical photos and maps. Hurst is a historian who has written other books on the Civil War. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Hurst shows how Grant and Forrest brought to the battlefield the fabled virtues of the American working-class: hard work, ingenuity, and intense determination. Each man's background contributed to his triumphs on the battlefield, but the open-mindedness of his fellow commanders proved just as important. When the North embraced Grant, it won a stalwart defender. When the South rejected Forrest, by contrast, it sealed its fate.
Hurst shows how Grant and Forrest brought to the battlefield the fabled virtues of the American working-class: hard work, ingenuity, and intense determination. Each man's background contributed to his triumphs on the battlefield, but the open-mindedness of his fellow commanders proved just as important. When the North embraced Grant, it won a stalwart defender. When the South rejected Forrest, by contrast, it sealed its fate.
From the author of the acclaimed Men of Fire, the next stage of the clash between Union general Ulysses S. Grant and Confederate hero Nathan Bedford Forrest, following these opposing giants through the brutal twenty months that decided the Civil Wa
A scholarly analysis of the dynamics between Ulysses S. Grant and Nathan Bedford Forrest throughout the Civil War traces a critical 20-month conflict period while assessing the impact of their underprivileged backgrounds on their military achievements.
An analysis of the dynamics between Ulysses S. Grant and Nathan Bedford Forrest traces a critical twenty-month conflict period while assessing the impact of their underprivileged backgrounds on their military achievements.
Hurst shows how Grant and Forrest brought to the battlefield the fabled virtues of the American working-class: hard work, ingenuity, and intense determination. Each man's background contributed to his triumphs on the battlefield, but the open-mindedness of his fellow commanders proved just as important. When the North embraced Grant, it won a stalwart defender. When the South rejected Forrest, by contrast, it sealed its fate.
Hurst shows how Grant and Forrest brought to the battlefield the fabled virtues of the American working-class: hard work, ingenuity, and intense determination. Each man's background contributed to his triumphs on the battlefield, but the open-mindedness of his fellow commanders proved just as important. When the North embraced Grant, it won a stalwart defender. When the South rejected Forrest, by contrast, it sealed its fate.
From the author of the acclaimed Men of Fire, the next stage of the clash between Union general Ulysses S. Grant and Confederate hero Nathan Bedford Forrest, following these opposing giants through the brutal twenty months that decided the Civil Wa
A scholarly analysis of the dynamics between Ulysses S. Grant and Nathan Bedford Forrest throughout the Civil War traces a critical 20-month conflict period while assessing the impact of their underprivileged backgrounds on their military achievements.
An analysis of the dynamics between Ulysses S. Grant and Nathan Bedford Forrest traces a critical twenty-month conflict period while assessing the impact of their underprivileged backgrounds on their military achievements.
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