Confederate General R.S. Ewell : Robert E. Lee's Hesitant Commander / Paul D. Casdorph.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Casdorph, Paul D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Generals--Confederate States of America--Biography.

Generals.

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

United States.

Confederate States of America. Army--Biography.

Confederate States of America.

Ewell, Richard Stoddert, 1817-1872.

Ewell, Richard Stoddert.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (495 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Richard Stoddert Ewell is best known as the Confederate General selected by Robert E. Lee to replace ""Stonewall"" Jackson as chief of the Second Corps in the Army of Northern Virginia. Ewell is also remembered as the general who failed to drive Federal troops from the high ground of Cemetery Hill and Culp's Hill during the Battle of Gettysburg. Many historians believe that Ewell's inaction cost the Confederates a victory in this seminal battle and, ultimately, cost the Civil War.During his long military career, Ewell was never an aggressive warrior. He graduated from West Point and served in

Contents:

Beginnings

Dragoon

Indian fighter

Fort Buchanan

The lost order

"All yelling, all running"

In front of Richmond

Jackson's man

"What! Old Ewell is going to marry the pretty woman"

The march north

Paralyzed with indecision

"Poor Ewell, a cripple"

"Laid on the shelf"

The last march

"Not my will, but Thine be done".

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 362-440) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-6027-8

0-8131-2884-6

0-8131-6171-1

OCLC:

900344905