Decisions of the 1862 Shenandoah Valley Campaign (eBook)

The Sixteen Critical Decisions That Defined the Operation

Robert Tanner (Autor)

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2022 | 1
208 Seiten
University of Tennessee Press (Verlag)
978-1-62190-770-1 (ISBN)

Infos

The Shenandoah Valley Campaign, often referred to as Jackson's Valley Campaign, saw Gen. Stonewall Jackson lead fewer than seventeen thousand Confederate soldiers on a 464-mile march that defeated three larger Union armies. Jackson's men fought and skirmished for months to achieve their ultimate objective of preventing Union forces in the Valley from reinforcing the Federal assault on the Confederacy's capital at Richmond. Jackson's success in the Shenandoah Valley contributed greatly to his legend among Confederate soldiers and brass and to his permanent place in military history, yet Jackson was not the only leader of note during this pivotal episode of the Civil War.Decisions of the 1862 Shenandoah Valley Campaign explores the critical decisions made by Confederate and Union commanders during the battle and how these decisions shaped its outcome. Rather than offering a history of the battle, Robert G. Tanner hones in on a sequence of critical decisions made by commanders on both sides of the contest to provide a blueprint of Jackson's Valley Campaign at its tactical core. Identifying and exploring the critical decisions in this way allows students of the battle to progress from a knowledge of what happened to a mature grasp of why events happened. Complete with maps and a driving tour, Decisions of the 1862 Shenandoah ValleyCampaign is an indispensable primer, and readers looking for a concise introduction to the battle can tour this sacred groundor read about it at their leisurewith key insights into the campaign and a deeper understanding of the Civil War itself.Decisions of the 1862 Shenandoah Valley Campaign is the seventeenth in a series of books that will explore the critical decisions of major campaigns and battles of the Civil War.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.12.2022
• Reihe/Serie: Command Decisions in America’s Civil War
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► 20. Jahrhundert bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Schlagworte: Abraham Lincoln • American Civil War • Battle of Cross Keys • Battle of Kernstown • Battle of McDowell • Battle of Port Republic • Battle of Richmond • Battle of Winchester • Civil War • Confederacy • Confederate • Federal • General Grant • General Lee • George B. McClellan • Jedediah Hotchkiss • Jefferson Davis • john c fremont • Nathaniel Banks • Nathan Kimball • New Market Gap • Potomac River • president davis • president lincoln • Rebel • rebels • Robert E. Lee • Seven Days • stonewall jackson • Ulysses Grant • Union
• ISBN-10: 1-62190-770-8 / 1621907708
• ISBN-13: 978-1-62190-770-1 / 9781621907701