Grant as Military Commander
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Inc
Published: January 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9781566199131
Subjects: Civil war; USA; American history: c 1800 to c 1900
Table of contents: title: Pt. I. Background.; title: Origins of the American Civil War; title: Geography of the theatre of war; title: Relative resources in manpower and material; title: Command structure and organization; title: Armament and tactics; title: Pt. II. Apprenticeship.; title: Ups and downs of Grant's early life, 1822-1860; title: Back to the army again; title: Personalities and planning in the Western theatre, 1861-1862 ; Grant invades Tennessee, February 1862; title: Frustration and eclipse, February-March 1862; title: The battle of Shiloh, April 1862; title: Further frustration after Shiloh, April-June 1862; title: Army commander in the West, July-October 1862; title: Grant's first advance on Vicksburg, November 1862-January 1863; title: The Vicksburg campaign, February-July 1863 ; Chattanooga, October-November 1863; title: pt. III. Achievement.; title: Supreme command, March-April 1864; title: The Wilderness campaign, 4-19 May 1864; title: Grant's advance on Richmond, 20-31 May 1864; title: The killing at Cold Harbor, 1-3 June 1864; title: The crossing of the James and assault on Petersburg, 7-18 June 1864; title: The siege of Petersburg, June-July 1864; title: Sheridan's Shenandoah campaign, August-December 1864; title: Sherman's campaign in Georgia and Hood's invasion of Tennessee, August-December 1864; title: Grant's final victory, January-April 1865; title: Summing up; title: Appendix 1 : The flags they fought under; title: Appendix 2 : Casualties incurred under Grant's command; title: Chronological table