Dreams of Victory: General P. G. T. Beauregard in the Civil War (Emerging Civil War Series)

Chick, Sean Michael

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Langue : anglais

Edité par Savas Beatie, 2022

1611215218 / 9781611215212

Série : Livre 47 sur 70 - Emerging Civil War

Vendeur : Military History Books, El Dorado Hills, CA, Etats-UnisMilitary History Books

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SIGNED AUTHOR BOOKPLATE - Few Civil War generals attracted as much debate and controversy as Pierre Gustav Toutant Beauregard. He combined brilliance and charisma with arrogance and histrionics. He was a Catholic Creole in a society dominated by white Protestants, which made him appear exotic next to the likes of Albert Sidney Johnston and Robert E. Lee. He was reviled by Jefferson Davis and often mocked by Mary Chesnut in her diary. Yet, he was popular with his soldiers and subordinates. Outside of Lee, he was the South’s most consistently successful commander, winning at Bull Run, defending Charleston in 1864, and defeating Benjamin Butler at Bermuda Hundred and Ulysses Grant and George Meade at Petersburg. Yet, he lived his life in the shadow of his one major defeat: Shiloh. Beauregard’s career before and after the war was no less tumultuous than his Civil War record. He was born among the Creole elite of Louisiana, but rejected the life of a planter in favor of the military, inspired by tales of Napoléon. He was considered a shining light of the antebellum army and performed superbly in the Mexican-American War. Yet, he complained about a lack of promotion and made a frustrating stab at being mayor of New Orleans in 1858. After the war, he was a successful railroad executive and took a stand against racism, violence, and corruption during Reconstruction. Yet, he was ousted from both railroads he oversaw and his foray into Reconstruction politics came to naught. Although he provided for his family and left them a hefty sum after his death, the money was mostly gained by working for the corrupt Louisiana Lottery. In Dreams of Victory: General P. G. T. Beauregard in the Civil War, Sean Michael Chick explores a life of contradictions and dreams unrealized—the first real hero of the Confederacy who sometimes proved to be his own worst enemy. …

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Titre
Dreams of Victory: General P. G. T. Beauregard in the Civil War (Emerging Civil War Series)
Auteur
Chick, Sean Michael
Éditeur
Savas Beatie
Année de publication
2022
État de l'article
New
Reliure
Soft cover
Langue
anglais
ISBN à 10 chiffres
1611215218
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9781611215212
Série
Livre 47 sur 70: Emerging Civil War
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American Civil War

Military History Books

El Dorado Hills, CA, Etats-Unis

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Savas Beatie LLC is an El Dorado Hills-based book publishing company established in 2004. The company has published more than 100 military, general history, and sports history titles, many of which have won awards and been selected by national book clubs.

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