This book describes the antecedents and aftermath of a key campaign.This collection of seven original essays by leading Civil War historians reinterprets the bloody Fredericksburg campaign and places it within a broader social and political context. By analyzing the battle's antecedents as well as its aftermath, the contributors challenge long-held assumptions about the engagement and clarify our picture of the war as a whole. The contributors are William Marvel, Alan T. Nolan, Carol Reardon, Gary W. Gallagher, A. Wilson Greene, George C. Rable, and William A. Blair. The editor is Gary W. Gallagher.
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A collection of seven essays which reinterpret the bloody Fredericksburg campaign and place it within a social and political context. It analyzes the battle's antecedents as well as its aftermath, and challenges long-held assumptions about the engagement.
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"Sometimes controversial, always stimulating, The Fredericksburg Campaign is a 'cutting-edge' volume that will enlighten and please students of the Civil War." - Register of the Kentucky Historical Society "Collectively, the excellent essays challenge old assumptions about the campaign, introduce aspects of the battle and its aftermath that have received scant attention, and view military events within the framework of broader social and political issues." - Newsletter of the Society of Civil War Historians"
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780807858950
Publisert
2008-02-01
Utgiver
Vendor
The University of North Carolina Press
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
05, UU
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
256

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Biographical note

Gary W. Gallagher is John L. Nau III Professor of History at the University of Virginia. He is author, most recently, of Lee and His Army in Confederate History.