Civil War acoustic shadows
By: by Charles D. Ross.
Publisher: White Mane Books
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Shippensburg, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 174
Subjects: Battles -- United States -- Noise -- History -- 19th century.; Noise -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; Noise -- United States -- Psychological aspects -- History -- 19th century.; Generals -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; Command of troops -- History -- 19th century.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
Description: "The careers of Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, and a number of other prominent Civil War generals were dramatically affected by unusual battlefield acoustics. Commanders who inadvertently placed themselves in an acoustic shadow ran the risk of letting victory slip away. Stranger still, battles inaudible to generals several miles from the fighting were sometimes heard clearly more than a hundred miles from the battlefield! Charles D.

Ross examines the acoustics of six Civil War battles and the unusual role they played in determining command decisions, and inevitably, the outcome of the war."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-171) and index.