ebooks Thomas Morris Chester; Black Civil War Correspondent (Da Capo Paperback) by R.j.m. Blackett in History

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In this unique examination of Civil War leadership; W. J. Wood looks at the tactical and strategic problems that threatened to overwhelm untried Civil War generals and the pragmatic strategies; born of necessity; that they developed to solve them. Focusing on three decisive battles involving six generals; Wood provides the background necessary to understand the problems confronting commanders on both sides of the war; then looks at the campaign of Cedar Mountain; directed by Stonewall Jackson and Nathaniel Banks; the battle of Chickamauga; where Confederate Army leader Braxton Bragg and Union General William Rosecrans faced each other; the battle of Nashville; where Jon Bell Hood led his Southern troops against George H. Thomas and his Union army. Deftly describing the art of war these men developed; an art that provides paradigms for military leaders to this day; Wood demonstrate why Civil War remains a topic of never-diminishing interest.