Nine Men in Gray - Couverture souple

Dufour, Charles L.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0803265964 ISBN 13 : 9780803265967

Editeur : University of Nebraska Press, 1993

Synopsis

Porter Alexander is not a household name today, but he should be remembered as one of Robert E. Lee's most valuable officers. Bold and imaginative, Alexander was an artillerist whose service was requested by every Confederate army commander. He and eight other "men in gray" come to life in vivid sketches by Charles L. Dufour. Singled out are Dick Taylor, the handsome son of former president Zachary Taylor who led the Louisiana Brigade; Turner Ashby, an expert horseman whose death in battle typified the doomed gallantry of the Rebels; Pat Cleburne of the Army of Tennessee, who was called "the Stonewall of the West"; "Savez" Read, a navy man who terrorized the Atlantic seaboard in a one-gun sailing vessel; Willie Pegram, a shy Virginian who was a bold cannoneer; Lucius B. Northrop, whose abrasive personality complicated his task of feeding the army; William Mahone, whose ferocious fighting spirit belied his bantam size; and Henry Hotze, who served brilliantly as a Confederate agent and propagandist.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Charles L. Dufour's other books include The Night the War Was Lost (1960). Introducing Nine Men in Gray is Gary W. Gallagher, a professor of history at Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of Fighting for the Confederacy: Personal Recollections of General Edward Porter Alexander (1989) and the editor of Lee the Soldier (Nebraska, 1996).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Nebraska Press
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0803265964
• ISBN 13: 9780803265967
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 372
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• Personne responsable: non disponible