The Tale Untwisted: General George B. McClellan, the Maryland Campaign, and the Discovery of Lee’s Lost Orders - Couverture souple

Thorp, Gene; Rossino, Alexander

 
9781611216226: The Tale Untwisted: General George B. McClellan, the Maryland Campaign, and the Discovery of Lee’s Lost Orders
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1611216222 ISBN 13 : 9781611216226
Editeur : Savas Beatie, 2023

Synopsis

The discovery of Robert E. Lee's Special Orders No. 191 outside of Frederick, Maryland, on September 13, 1862, is one of the most important and hotly disputed events of the American Civil War. For more than 150 years, historians have debated if George McClellan, commander of the Union Army of the Potomac, dawdled after receiving a copy of the orders before warily advancing to challenge Lee's forces atop South Mountain.

In The Tale Untwisted, authors Gene Thorp and Alexander Rossino document in exhaustive fashion how "Little Mac" in fact moved with uncharacteristic energy to counter the Confederate threat and take advantage of Lee's divided forces, seizing the initiative and striking a blow in the process that wrecked Lee's plans and sent his army reeling back toward Virginia.

This study is a beautifully woven tour de force of primary research that may well be the final word on the debate over the fate and impact of the Lost Orders on the history of the 1862 Maryland Campaign.

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À propos des auteurs

Gene M. Thorp is an award-winning cartographer and writer who worked at The Washington Post for 15 years. His freelance maps can be found in numerous books on the New York Times bestseller list and throughout major museums and parks. Gene currently works at the U.S. Department of State.

Award-winning author and historian Alexander B. Rossino is the author of several books, including Their Maryland: The Army of Northern Virginia from the Potomac Crossing to Sharpsburg in September 1862 (2021), The Tale Untwisted: General George B. McClellan, the Maryland Campaign, and the Discovery of Lee's Lost Orders (2023), and Calamity at Frederick: Robert E. Lee, Special Orders No. 191, and Confederate Misfortune on the Road to Antietam (2023). He lives near the Antietam battlefield in Washington County, Maryland.

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Éditeur
Savas Beatie
Date d'édition
2023
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1611216222
ISBN 13 
9781611216226
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
192
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Personne responsable
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