Wilson's Creek

The Second Battle of the Civil War and the Men Who Fought It
1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-8078-5575-1
Verlag: The University of North Carolina Press

Buch, Englisch, 432 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 146 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 684 g

Reihe: Civil War America

In the summer of 1861, Americans were preoccupied by the question of which states would join the secession movement and which would remain loyal to the Union. This question was most fractious in the border states of Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri. In Missouri, it was largely settled at Wilson's Creek on August 10, 1861, in a contest that is rightly considered the second major battle of the Civil War. In an in-depth narrative and analysis of this important but largely overlooked battle, William Piston and Richard Hatcher combine a traditional military study of the fighting with an innovative social analysis of the soldiers who participated and the communities that supported them.

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William Garrett Piston, professor of history at Southwest Missouri State University, is author of Lee's Tarnished Lieutenant: James Longstreet and His Place In Southern History. Richard W. Hatcher III is historian at Fort Sumter National Monument.