Counter-thrust : from the Peninsula to the Antietam / Benjamin Franklin Cooling.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cooling, Benjamin Franklin, III, 1938-

Series:

Great campaigns of the Civil War.

Great campaigns of the Civil War

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Offensive (Military science)--History--19th century.

Offensive (Military science).

Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

Virginia.

Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.

Maryland.

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

United States.

Confederate States of America. Army of Northern Virginia--History.

Confederate States of America.

Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870--Military leadership.

Lee, Robert E.

McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885--Military leadership.

McClellan, George B.

Pope, John, 1822-1892--Military leadership.

Pope, John.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (385 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Summer impasse

From Tidewater to Cedar Mountain

Stonewall and a Virginia reel

Lee and Pope at Second Manassas

In the rain at Chantilly

Maryland, my Maryland

South Mountain and Harpers Ferry

The bridges of the Antietam

Opportunities found and lost.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-340) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-09219-3

9786611092191

0-8032-1543-6

OCLC:

476101947