Alexander "Fighting Elleck" Hays : the life of a Civil War general, from West Point to the Wilderness / Wayne Mahood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mahood, Wayne.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hays, Alexander, 1819-1864.

Hays, Alexander.

Generals--United States--Biography.

Generals.

United States.

United States. Army--Biography.

United States. Army.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.

History.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

ix, 222 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2005]

Summary:

"He never achieved the renown of Ulysses S. Grant or Robert E. Lee, General Alexander Hays was one of the great military men of the Civil War. From West Point to the Civil War, this biography takes a look at Hays's life, concentrating on his military career. Personal correspondence and contemporary sources are used to complete the picture"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Sam Hays's son

"Alexander is the best rider at West Point"

"There is no man whom I would more highly commend" : the Mexican War

"I have not yet determined on a profession"

"The boys wonder why I am always awake" : Colonel Alex Hays

"Still distant from Richmond" : the Peninsula Campaign

"The gallant Hays is badly wounded" : Second Bull Run

Alex Hays has "triumphed"

"The angel of death alone can produce such a field as was presented" : Gettysburg

"Annihilating Lee's forces by 'masterly inactivity'"

"We fought the rebels

as usual, whipped them" : Morton's Ford

"My pathway leads to Richmond or to the grave" : the army reorganizes

Hays "would always lead in battle" : the Battle of the Wilderness

He died in "harness" : memorials to "Fighting Elleck"

Appendix : accusations of Hays's drunkenness.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-214) and index.

ISBN:

0786422130

OCLC:

60835315