John Bankhead Magruder
Subtitle: a military reappraisal
By: Thomas M. Settles ; genealogy by Kimberly C. Campbell.
Contributors: Campbell, Kimberly Curtis.
Series: Southern biography series
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press; LSU Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Baton Rouge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780807133910
Subjects: Magruder, John Bankhead, -- 1807-1871; Magruder, John Bankhead, -- 1807-1871 -- Military leadership; Confederate States of America. -- Army -- Biography; United States. -- Army -- Biography; Generals -- Confederate States of America -- Biography; Soldiers -- United States -- Biography; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Artillery operations, Confederate; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns; Texas -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Genres: Biography.
Description: Biography of Confederate General John Bankhead Magruder, third in command of Virginia's forces at the time of the Civil War beginning with telling of Magruder's ancestors. Magruder's education, his role in the war, and finally his death is also discussed at length. The author concentrates most on Magruder's battles and the relationships with other Confederate officers.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Every inch a soldier; title: Opportunity in Mexico; title: Between the wars; title: Protecting the approach to Richmond; title: Magruder defends, Johnston retreats; title: "In obedience to your orders, twice repeated"; title: High tide, low tide, in Texas; title: Postwar odyssey.