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Author
Publisher
A.A. Knopf
Pub. Date
1993
Language
English
Description
He was a fierce and controversial Civil War officer, an unschooled but brilliant cavalryman, an epic figure in America's most celebrated war. A superb tactician and ferocious fighter, Nathan Bedford Forrest revolutionized the way armies fought in the course of rising from private to lieutenant general in the Confederate Army. In this detailed and fascinating account of the legend of the “Wizard of the Saddle,” we see a man whose strengths and...
Author
Publisher
Vanderbilt University Press
Pub. Date
1994
Language
English
Description
A study of Civil War general Earl Van Dorn, a young man from Mississippi who seemed destined for glory, but who failed on both occasions when he was given command of a large army, and who was murdered in 1863 by an irate husband.
Author
Publisher
Louisiana State Univ. Press
Pub. Date
1989
Language
English
Description
A biography of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest, discussing his early days, his civil and private life, and his military record, originally published in 1899 by John A. Wyeth, a soldier in a regiment of Alabama cavalry which had formerly served under Forrest.
16) Robert E. Lee
Author
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
[1988]
Language
English
Description
Traces the life, career, and achievements of the general who commanded the Confederate army during the Civil War.
Author
Series
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
Description
Using widely scattered and previously unknown primary sources, Parrish's biography of Confederate general Richard Taylor presents him as one of the Civil War's most brilliant generals, eliciting strong performances from his troops in the face of manifold obstacles in three theaters of action.
20) Robert E. Lee
Author
Publisher
Bridgestone Books
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Traces the family life and military career of Robert E. Lee, before, during, and after the U.S. Civil War.