Counter-Thrust : From the Peninsula to the Antietam.
Material type: TextSeries: Great Campaigns of the Civil WarPublisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2008Copyright date: ©2007Description: 1 online resource (385 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780803215436Subject(s): Confederate States of America. -- Army of Northern Virginia -- History | Lee, Robert E. -- (Robert Edward), -- 1807-1870 -- Military leadership | Maryland -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns | McClellan, George Brinton, -- 1826-1885 -- Military leadership | Offensive (Military science) -- History -- 19th century | Pope, John, -- 1822-1892 -- Military leadership | Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865Genre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Counter-Thrust : From the Peninsula to the AntietamDDC classification: 973.7/55 LOC classification: E473.7 -- .C66 2007ebOnline resources: Click to ViewIntro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Maps -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Series Editors' Introduction -- 1. Summer Impasse -- 2. From Tidewater to Cedar Mountain -- 3. Stonewall and a Virginia Reel -- 4. Lee and Pope at Second Manassas -- 5. In the Rain at Chantilly -- 6. Maryland, My Maryland -- 7. South Mountain and Harpers Ferry -- 8. The Bridges of the Antietam -- 9. Opportunities Found and Lost -- Notes -- Bibliographic Essay -- Index.
Focuses on Union's internal conflict at building a successful military leadership team. This book shows us Lincoln's administration in disarray, with relations between the president and field commander McClellan strained to the breaking point. It gives details about the critical moment in the unfolding of the Civil War.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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