Stephen Dodson Ramseur : Lee's gallant general / Gary W. Gallagher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gallagher, Gary W., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ramseur, Stephen Dodson, 1837-1864.

Ramseur, Stephen Dodson.

Confederate States of America. Army--Biography.

Confederate States of America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill ; London : The University of North Carolina Press, [1985]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Stephen Dodson Ramseur, born in Lincolnton, North Carolina, in 1837, compiled an enviable record as a brigadier in the Army of Northern Virginia. Commissioned major general the day after his twenty-seventh birthday, he was the youngest West Pointer to achieve that rank in the Confederate army. He later showed great skill as a divisional leader in the 1864 Shenandoah Valley campaigns before he was fatally wounded at Cedar Creek on 19 October of that year. Based on Ramseur's extensive personal papers as well as on other sources, this absorbing biography examines the life of one of the South

Contents:

""Cover Page""; ""STEPHEN DODSON RAMSEUR""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication""; ""CONTENTS""; ""ILLUSTRATIONS""; ""MAPS""; ""PREFACE""; ""PROLOGUE""; ""CHAPTER 1 WHO KNOWS BUT THAT I MAY WRITE MY HISTORY WITH MY SWORD?""; ""CHAPTER 2 FOR MYSELF, I BELIEVE AN AWFUL CRISIS IS APPROACHING""; ""CHAPTER 3 I WANT TO GET UNDER A MOVING MAN""; ""CHAPTER 4 MY BRIGADE BEHAVED SPLENDIDLY AS IT ALWAYS DOES""; ""CHAPTER 5 WE INTEND TO FIGHT THE THING OUT""; ""CHAPTER 6 THERE IS A RUMOR THAT I HAVE BEEN MADE MAJOR GENERAL""; ""CHAPTER 7 NATURAL OBSTACLES ALONE PREVENTED OUR TAKING WASHINGTON""

""CHAPTER 8 HE DIED AS BECAME A CONFEDERATE SOLDIER AND A FIRM BELIEVER""""EPILOGUE""; ""NOTES""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9798890865793

9780807866726

0807866725

OCLC:

47011921