Like a meteor blazing brightly
Subtitle: the short but controversial life of Colonel Ulric Dahlgren
By: Eric J. Wittenberg.
Publisher: Edinborough Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Roseville, Minn
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781889020334; 9781889020341
Subjects: Dahlgren, Ulric, -- 1842-1864; United States. -- Army -- Officers -- Biography; Soldiers -- United States -- Biography; Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid, Va., 1864; Gettysburg Campaign, 1863; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns
Genres: Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A boy's proud family legacy; title: Growing up in the nation's capital; title: The gathering storm; title: Ulric Dahlgren makes his mark; title: Ulric Dahlgren finds his niche; title: Dahlgren shows a talent for scouting missions; title: A dash into Fredericksburg; title: Campaigning with Burnside and Hooker; title: The Gettysburg Campaign : Ulric Dahlgren's finest hour; title: The slow road to recovery; title: An untimely end to a promising life and an unending controversy spawned; title: Ulric Dahlgren's final adventure; title: An incomplete life assessed; title: Appendix I: Were the Dahlgren papers authentic?; title: Appendix II: Present day maps.