Chancellorsville and Gettysburg (Campaigns of the Civil War (Book Sales))
Edition: Rev Ed edition
Publisher: Book Sales
Published: July 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780785815785
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Battles & campaigns; History: World; History; History - General History; USA; General; Sale Books; World - General
First sentence: AFTER the great disaster of Fredericksburg, General Burnside, the Commander of the Union Army, was superseded by Major-General Joseph Hooker, a graduate of West Point, who having formerly held a high position on the staff of General Gideon J. Pillow in the war with Mexico, was supposed to be well acquainted with military operations on a large scale.