Rebel: The Life And Times Of John Singleton Mosby - Couverture souple

Siepel, Kevin H.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0306807750 ISBN 13 : 9780306807756

Editeur : Da Capo Press, 1997

Synopsis

John Singleton Mosby (1833–1916) was the Confederacy's best-known practitioner of guerrilla warfare. At heart a Unionist, he nonetheless joined the Southern cause when his homestate of Virginia seceded. He served first in the cavalry and later as commander of a partisan unit in Northern Virginia, where his operations tied up such large numbers of Federal troops that sufficient force could not be gathered to break Robert E. Lee's army till April 1865. Mosby's narrow escapes and impossible exploits (including the capture of a Union general from his bed) earned him a status as a cavalry commander equal to Stuart and Forrest, and a preeminence among the partisan leaders of history. Mosby was only thirty-one when the war ended. Rebel fully explores his long and eventful postwar career: his political battles; his close friendships with former enemies; his association with presidents from Ulysses S. Grant to Theodore Roosevelt; his service as U.S. consul in Hong Kong; and his involvement in the West's range-fencing crisis. In the process this book reveals the fierce independence and eccentric vision of one of America's most controversial, uncompromising figures.

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À propos de l'auteur

Kevin H. Siepel has written on a range of topics for the national and regional press. He lives in New York State.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Da Capo Press
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0306807750
• ISBN 13: 9780306807756
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 384
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible