U. S. Grant - The Making of a General, 1861-1863

Informationen zum Autor By Michael B. Ballard Klappentext In this exciting new book, Michael B. Ballard provides a crisp account of Grant's strategic and tactical concepts in the period from the outset of the Civil War to the battle of Chattanooga a period in which U. S. Grant rose from a semi-disgraceful obscurity to the position of overall commander of all Union armies. The author carefully sifts through diaries and letters of Grant and his inner circle to try to get inside Grant's mind and reveal why those early years of the war were formative in producing the Civil War's greatest general. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1:Training Grounds Chapter 2: Belmont Chapter 3: Forts Henry and Donelson Chapter 4: Shiloh Chapter 5: Securing Northern Mississippi Chapter 6: First Attempts to Take Vicksburg Chapter 7: Months of Frustration Chapter 8: April 1863 Chapter 9: Fighting to Reach Vicksburg Chapter 10: Assault! Siege! and Surrender Chapter 11: Chattanooga and Another Siege Chapter 12: Wrapping Up Service in the West

Product details

• Authors: Michael B Ballard, Michael B. Ballard
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.03.2005
• EAN: 9780742543089
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-4308-9
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: The American Crisis Series: Books on the Civil War Era; American Crisis (Rowman & Litt; American Crisis Series: Books; The American Crisis Series: Books on the Civil War Era
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration