Tarnished Eagles
Subtitle: The Court-Martial of Fifty Union Colonels and Lieutenant Colonels
Edition: 1st ed edition
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Published: January 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9780811715973
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Civil war; Military law & courts martial; c 1800 to c 1900; Law; Military Courts; United States; History - Military / War; Officers; USA; Military; Military - General; Taxation; United States - Civil War; Courts-martial and courts of i; Trials (Military offenses); United States.; 19th century; Army; Courts-martial and courts of inquiry; History
First sentence: War is a crucible, a glowing furnace where the hot blue flame of responsibility sears the human amalgam of vice and virtue, blasting away imperfection in a fiery shower of sparks, leaving behind only the glowing substrate, the noble elements which endure.