Leaders of the Lost Cause: New Perspectives on the Confederate High Command
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Book Description
Two well-known historians of the American Civil War collect new essays on eight major military commanders of the Confederacy. Serving as both character studies and strategic analyses, these lively pieces come from some of the preeminent names in Civil War history, including William C. Davis, Charles Roland, and James I. Robertson. Taken together, they form a fascinating portrait of the Confederate command. Includes essays on P.G. T. Beauregard, Braxton Bragg, Samuel Cooper, John Bell Hood, Albert Sidney Johnston, Joseph E. Johnston, Robert E. Lee, and Edmund Kirby Smith.
About the Author
Gary W. Gallagher is the John L. Nau III Professor of History of the American Civil War at the University of Virginia. Joseph T. Glatthaar is a professor of history at the University of Houston. Both have authored numerous other works on the Civil War.
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