None Died in Vain: The Saga of the American Civil WarLeckie captures the glory, dram, and tragedy of this shattering event in a compelling book that reads like a novel. Crowded with in-depth profiles of fscinating Americans from North and South, from soldiers and political leaders to heroes and rogues. |
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... Buell was no scholar like Halleck . Born in Lowell , Ohio , in 1818 , he was graduated thirty - second in his West Point class of 1841. But he fought like a hero in Mexico , gradually earning a reputation as a good strategist and a ...
... Buell was no scholar like Halleck . Born in Lowell , Ohio , in 1818 , he was graduated thirty - second in his West Point class of 1841. But he fought like a hero in Mexico , gradually earning a reputation as a good strategist and a ...
Page 398
... Buell's room , mut- tering to a man coming down : " Did you hear that damned insolent scoundrel insult me , sir ? I suppose he don't know me , sir . I'll teach him a lesson , sir . " Behind him , Davis borrowed a pistol and followed ...
... Buell's room , mut- tering to a man coming down : " Did you hear that damned insolent scoundrel insult me , sir ? I suppose he don't know me , sir . I'll teach him a lesson , sir . " Behind him , Davis borrowed a pistol and followed ...
Page 403
... Buell told him to get going at once - and he did . But Bragg was gone . Thus the Battle of Perryville , the last major engagement on the soil of Kentucky , which was now and forevermore a Federal state . Casualties had been high ...
... Buell told him to get going at once - and he did . But Bragg was gone . Thus the Battle of Perryville , the last major engagement on the soil of Kentucky , which was now and forevermore a Federal state . Casualties had been high ...
Contents
The Divisive Victory | 1 |
The Crisis of Slavery | 7 |
Slavery in History and the South 10 | 24 |
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