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Medical student turned professional soldier David S. Stanley offered forty years of service to his country on the western frontier and during the Civil War. He participated in some of most important Civil War battles, including the Battle of Iuka, the Battle of Corinth, the Battle of Stones Rivers, the Battle of Resaca, the Battle of Spring Hill, and the Battle of Franklin. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions at Franklin where he was shot while rallying his troops.
Stanley was a complex individual who showed concern for his soldiers and ferocity in battle. As Rosecrans' chief of cavalry, he deserves much credit for making the Union cavalry an important and daunting power in the Western Theater. He also commanded the IV Army Corps at the end of the war. Stanley was a formidable adversary of his enemies and he clashed with William T. Sherman, Jacob Cox and William B. Hazen. This biography covers not only his military career but also his personal life, including his conversion to Roman Catholicism and problem with alcohol.
List of contents
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Foreword by Michael R. Bradley
Preface
1.¿Early Life and the Wilson's Creek Campaign
2.¿New Madrid and Island No. 10
3.¿The Siege of Corinth
4.¿The Battle of Iuka
5.¿The Battle of Corinth
6.¿The Battle of Stones River
7.¿Middle Tennessee and Tullahoma
8.¿The Advance on Chattanooga and the Battle of Chickamauga
9.¿The Atlanta Campaign
10.¿Spring Hill and Franklin
11.¿Post-Civil War
Conclusion
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Dennis W. Belcher has edited or authored nine books on the Civil War and has published in the North & South magazine. He lives in Jefferson City, Missouri.
