Stuart's finest hour : the ride around McClellan, June 1862 / John J. Fox III.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fox, John J., 1959- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stuart, Jeb, 1833-1864--Military leadership.

Stuart, Jeb.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (525 p.)

Place of Publication:

El Dorado Hills, California : Savas Publishing, [2014]

Summary:

Many people are aware that Jeb Stuart was a famous cavalry general who rode for the Confederacy. Yet, how did this twenty-nine-year-old former US Army lieutenant become the 1860s version of a media sensation? At the beginning of June 1862, George McClellan s huge Union Army stood poised to decimate the Confederate capital of Richmond. The city faced chaos as thousands of civilians fled. Confederate Army commander Robert E. Lee wanted to launch his own attack, but he needed to know what stood on McClellan s right flank. John Fox s new book, Stuart s Finest Hour, uses numerous eyewitness account

Contents:

Coverpage; Titlepage; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Maps; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. On to Richmond; 2. White House Landing on the Pamunkey River; 3. Jeb Stuart and Philip St. George Cooke: The In-Law Problem; 4. More Indecision Near Richmond; 5. Big Decisions for General Lee; 6. What Is On the Union Right Flank?; 7. The Battles of George McClellan; 8. Planning for the Great Chickahominy Raid; 9. The Raid Begins; 10. First Contact at Hanover Court House; 11. Haw's Shop to Totopotomoy Creek: A Running Fight; 12. Collision Near Linney's Corner; 13. A Momentous Decision at Old Church

14. Deeper Behind Federal Lines15. Panic on the Pamunkey River; 16. Cutting the Union Supply Line at Tunstall's Station; 17. Chaos at White House Landing; 18. The Fog of War; 19. A Brief Respite at Talleysville; 20. Trapped?; 21. "Hope To Punish Them"; 22. Headed for Richmond; 23. Safe Again; Appendix A: Order of Battle; Appendix B: The Burial of Captain William Latane; Appendix C: The Old Church Decision; Appendix D: Route of the Ride; Appendix E: Directions for Tracing Stuart's Route Today; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781940669175

1940669170