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That furious struggle : Chancellorsville and the high tide of the Confederacy, May 1-4, 1863 / by Chris Mackowski and Kristopher D. White.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mackowski, Christopher, author.
- White, Kristopher, author.
- Series:
- Emerging Civil War series.
- Emerging Civil War Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chancellorsville, Battle of, Chancellorsville, Va., 1863.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (193 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- El Dorado Hills, California : Savas Beatic, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Authors Chris Mackowski and Kristopher D. White have worked for years to compile this remarkable story of one of the war''s greatest battles. escribes the series of controversial events that define this crucial battle, including General Robert E. Lee''s radical decision to divide his small army--a violation of basic military rules--sending Stonewall Jackson on his famous march around the Union army flank. Jackson''s death--accidentally shot by one of his own soldiers--is one of the many fascinating stories included in this definitive account of the battle of Chancellorsville.""That Furious Fir
- Contents:
- Acknowledgments; Touring the Battlefields; Introduction; Prologue: The Wounding of Stonewall Jackson; Chapter One: The Road to Chancellorsville; Chapter Two: The Most Important Crossroads in America; Chapter Three: The First Day's Battle; Chapter Four: Settling In; Chapter Five: The Cracker Box Meeting; Chapter Six: On the March; Chapter Seven: Catharine Furnace; Chapter Eight: Withdrawals; Chapter Nine: Jackson's Flank March; Chapter Ten: The Attack; Chapter Eleven: The Key to the Battlefield; Chapter Twelve: The Crucible of Battle; Chapter Thirteen: "Agony and Conflict"
- Chapter Fourteen: The Forgotten FrontEpilogue: Beyond the Crossroads; Appendix A: The Rivers and Fords; Appendix B: Stoneman's Raid; Appendix C: Jackson's Flank Attack Reconsidered; Appendix D: The Chancellors of Chancellorsville; Appendix E: Matthew Fontaine Maury; Order of Battle; Suggested Reading; About the Authors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 18, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 9781611212204
- 1611212200
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