Taken at the Flood: Robert E. Lee and Confederate Strategy in the Maryland Campaign of 1862Kent State University Press, 1999 - 649 Seiten An account of the Maryland Campaign of 1862. It focuses on military policy and strategy, examining the context necessary to understand that strategy and the circumstances under which the two commanders, Robert E. Lee and George B. McClellan, laboured. |
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Lee to the Rescue | 254 |
The Battle of Boonsboro | 256 |
Jackson Tightens the Noose | 267 |
The Battle of Cramptons Gap | 275 |
The First Retreat | 284 |
We will make our stand on these hills Lees Hope Renewed September 15 1862 | 298 |
Lee Stands at Sharpsburg | 299 |
The Pursuit Ends | 308 |
A New Turning Movement | 46 |
The OpenEnded Decision | 50 |
The Dranesville Dispatch September 3 | 54 |
More fully persuaded Lee Crosses the Potomac September 46 1862 | 66 |
Clearing the Decks | 70 |
Leesburg War Council | 80 |
Jacksons Crossing September 5 | 85 |
Frederick Occupied September 6 | 99 |
In this I was disappointed Lee Revises His Strategy September 79 1862 | 110 |
Restful Sabbath September 7 | 111 |
Lee Dabbles in Politics September 8 | 120 |
The Intrusion of Jeff Davis September 9 | 127 |
The Walker Interview | 133 |
Frederick Council of War | 145 |
The Writing of Special Orders No 191 | 152 |
Intercept such as may attempt escape Lees BestLaid Plans September 1012 1862 | 168 |
The Second Day of the Valley Expedition September 11 | 182 |
Lee at Hagerstown September 12 | 190 |
The Watershed of the Maryland Campaign | 198 |
More rapidly than convenient Lees Plans Unravel September 13 1862 | 212 |
Some Concern in the Morning | 213 |
The Pendulum Swings Back | 223 |
The Lost Orders Found | 237 |
The Crisis by Eventide | 242 |
The day has gone against us Lee Stands at the Mountain Gaps September 14 1862 | 253 |
The Surrender of Harpers Ferry | 315 |
Lees Resolve Strengthened | 322 |
All will be right Lees Last Chance for Maneuver September 16 1862 | 330 |
Lee and the Whims of War | 334 |
McClellan Shuts the Window | 344 |
Lee Accepts Battle at Sharpsburg | 354 |
A hard days work before us Lees Bloodiest Day September 17 1862 | 368 |
15 to 9OO AM | 370 |
3O to 930 AM | 377 |
00 AM to 100 PM | 385 |
30 AM to 13O PM | 395 |
30 AM to 200 PM | 401 |
00 to 500 PM | 413 |
Night of Reckoning | 424 |
Until none but heroes are left Antietam Endgame September 1821 1862 and After | 430 |
Williamsport the Last Gambit September 1819 | 444 |
Checkmate at Shepherdstown September 1921 | 452 |
Echoes of Maryland | 471 |
We have tried the utmost Lees Venture Risked and Lost | 480 |
Verdicts of History | 481 |
Lees Overland Campaign of 1862A Shore Too Far | 490 |
Notes | 497 |
Bibliography | 591 |
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A. P. Hill advance Anderson Antietam Army of Northern arrived artillery attack batteries believed Boonsboro Borcke brigade Burkittsville Burnside capture Carman cavalry Cemetery Hill chap column Confederacy Confederate army Confederate commander Crampton's Gap cross the Potomac D. H. Hill Diary dispatch division Dunkard Church enemy expedition fighting flank Ford Frederick guns Hagerstown Hagerstown Pike Hampton Harpers Ferry headquarters Hill's Hood Hooker Hotchkiss ibid infantry Jackson Keedysville Lee the Soldier Lee to Davis Lee's Leesburg Longstreet Loudoun Lower Bridge main body Martinsburg Maryland Campaign Maryland Heights McClellan McLaws McLaws's Memoirs miles Monocacy morning move Munford night North Carolina North Carolina Regiments Northern Virginia o'clock orders Pendleton Pleasonton rear reenforcements retreat Richmond Ridge river rode Second Manassas sect sent Sept September September 17 Sharpsburg Shepherdstown Sounding the Shallows South Mountain Stonewall strategy tion troops Turner's Gap Valley wagons Walker Washington Weverton Williamsport
Beliebte Passagen
Seite vi - There is a tide in the affairs of men Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat; And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures.
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