Alexander "Fighting Elleck" Hays
Subtitle: the life of a Civil War general, from West Point to the Wilderness
By: Wayne Mahood.
Publisher: McFarland & Co.; McFarland & Company
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
Subjects: Hays, Alexander, 1819-1864.; United States. Army -- Biography.; Generals -- United States -- Biography.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "He never achieved the renown of Ulysses S. Grant or Robert E. Lee, General Alexander Hays was one of the great military men of the Civil War. From West Point to the Civil War, this biography takes a look at Hays's life, concentrating on his military career. Personal correspondence and contemporary sources are used to complete the picture"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Sam Hays's son; title: "Alexander is the best rider at West Point"; title: "There is no man whom I would more highly commend" : the Mexican War; title: "I have not yet determined on a profession"; title: "The boys wonder why I am always awake" : Col. Alex Hays; title: "Still distant from Richmond" : the Peninsula Campaign; title: "The gallant Hays is badly wounded" : Second Bull Run; title: Alex Hays has "triumphed"; title: "The angel of death alone can produce such a field as was presented" : Gettysburg; title: "Annihilating Lee's forces by 'masterly inactivity'"; title: "We fought the rebels-as usual, whipped them" : Morton's Ford; title: "My pathway leads to Richmond or to the grave" : the army reorganizes; title: Hays "would always lead in battle" : the Battle of the Wilderness; title: He died in "harness" : memorials to "Fighting Elleck"; title: Appendix : accusations of Hays's drunkenness.