The Limits Of Obedience Brigadier General Thomas J Wood S Performance During The Battle Of Chickamauga

Author : Major Craig J. Manville
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 71 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786255914

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The Limits Of Obedience: Brigadier General Thomas J. Wood’s Performance During The Battle Of Chickamauga by Major Craig J. Manville Pdf

This thesis is a historical analysis of the order that Brigadier General Thomas J. Wood received from Major General William Rosecrans during the Battle of Chickamauga. There are many questions concerning Wood’s actions on 20 September 1863. Wood’s obedience to this written order created the gap into which Lieutenant General James Longstreet drove his right wing. This thesis will discuss the circumstances surrounding this order and the effect it had on the battle. It will investigate the limits of obedience and disobedience and will seek to determine if Wood should have disobeyed, or at least questioned, this critical order issued by General Rosecrans.

Author : U.s. Army Command and General Staff College
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-25
Category : History
ISBN : 1500630225

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The Limits of Obedience by U.s. Army Command and General Staff College Pdf

"This thesis is a historical analysis of the order that Brigadier General Thomas J. Wood received from Major General William Rosecrans during the Battle of Chickamauga. It is significant in that it explores issues that are timeless to military leaders. The result of poorly articulated orders is potentially the death of soldiers or a lost engagement with potential strategic implications. There are many questions concerning Wood's actions on 20 September 1863. Wood's obedience to this written order created the gap into which Lieutenant General James Longstreet drove his right wing. This thesis will discuss the circumstances surrounding this order and the effect it had on the battle. It will investigate the limits of obedience and disobedience and will seek to determine if Wood should have disobeyed, or at least questioned, this critical order issued by General Rosecrans"--Introd.

Author : William Glenn Robertson
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 697 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781469643137

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River of Death--The Chickamauga Campaign by William Glenn Robertson Pdf

The Battle of Chickamauga was the third bloodiest of the American Civil War and the only major Confederate victory in the conflict's western theater. It pitted Braxton Bragg's Army of Tennessee against William S. Rosecrans's Army of the Cumberland and resulted in more than 34,500 casualties. In this first volume of an authoritative two-volume history of the Chickamauga Campaign, William Glenn Robertson provides a richly detailed narrative of military operations in southeastern and eastern Tennessee as two armies prepared to meet along the "River of Death." Robertson tracks the two opposing armies from July 1863 through Bragg's strategic decision to abandon Chattanooga on September 9. Drawing on all relevant primary and secondary sources, Robertson devotes special attention to the personalities and thinking of the opposing generals and their staffs. He also sheds new light on the role of railroads on operations in these landlocked battlegrounds, as well as the intelligence gathered and used by both sides. Delving deep into the strategic machinations, maneuvers, and smaller clashes that led to the bloody events of September 19@–20, 1863, Robertson reveals that the road to Chickamauga was as consequential as the unfolding of the battle itself.

Author : Albert Nofi
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612005539

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The Blue & Gray Almanac by Albert Nofi Pdf

“Help[s] readers to examine this period in history with a more cultural perspective than other books have . . . clear, concise, and crisp . . . fascinating” (San Francisco Book Review). • During the final days of the war, some Richmond citizens would throw “Starvation Parties,” soirees at which elegantly attired guests gathered amid the finest silver and crystal tableware, though there were usually no refreshments except water. • Union Rear-Admiral Goldsborough was nicknamed “Old Guts,” not so much for his combativeness as for his heft—weighing about three hundred pounds, he was described as “a huge mass of inert matter.” • 30.6 percent of the 425 Confederate generals, but only 21.6 percent of the 583 Union generals, had been lawyers before the war. • In 1861, J.P. Morgan made a huge profit by buying five thousand condemned US Army carbines and selling them back to another arsenal—taking the army to court when they tried to refuse to pay for the faulty weapons. • Major General Loring was reputed to have so rich a vocabulary that one of the men remarked he could “curse a cannon up hill without horses.” • Many militia units had a favorite drink—the Charleston Light Dragoons’ punch took around a week to make, while the Chatham Artillery required a pound of green tea leaves be steeped overnight. • There were five living former presidents when the Civil War began, and seven veterans of the war, plus one draft dodger, went on to serve as president. These stories and many more can be found in this treasury of anecdotes, essays, trivia, and much more—including numerous illustrations—that bring this historical period to vivid life.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Military art and science
ISBN : MINN:31951D02728414J

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Military Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Military art and science
ISBN : OSU:32435077712263

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Professional Journal of the United States Army by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Military art and science
ISBN : MINN:30000008546669

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Combined Arms Center (CAC) Research and Publication Index by Anonim Pdf

Index to selected publications of the Combined Arms Center.

Author : Army Center of Military History
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-05
Category : History
ISBN : 1944961402

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American Military History Volume 1 by Army Center of Military History Pdf

American Military History provides the United States Army-in particular, its young officers, NCOs, and cadets-with a comprehensive but brief account of its past. The Center of Military History first published this work in 1956 as a textbook for senior ROTC courses. Since then it has gone through a number of updates and revisions, but the primary intent has remained the same. Support for military history education has always been a principal mission of the Center, and this new edition of an invaluable history furthers that purpose. The history of an active organization tends to expand rapidly as the organization grows larger and more complex. The period since the Vietnam War, at which point the most recent edition ended, has been a significant one for the Army, a busy period of expanding roles and missions and of fundamental organizational changes. In particular, the explosion of missions and deployments since 11 September 2001 has necessitated the creation of additional, open-ended chapters in the story of the U.S. Army in action. This first volume covers the Army's history from its birth in 1775 to the eve of World War I. By 1917, the United States was already a world power. The Army had sent large expeditionary forces beyond the American hemisphere, and at the beginning of the new century Secretary of War Elihu Root had proposed changes and reforms that within a generation would shape the Army of the future. But world war-global war-was still to come. The second volume of this new edition will take up that story and extend it into the twenty-first century and the early years of the war on terrorism and includes an analysis of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq up to January 2009.

Author : William A. Dobak
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781510720220

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Freedom by the Sword by William A. Dobak Pdf

The Civil War changed the United States in many ways—economic, political, and social. Of these changes, none was more important than Emancipation. Besides freeing nearly four million slaves, it brought agricultural wage labor to a reluctant South and gave a vote to black adult males in the former slave states. It also offered former slaves new opportunities in education, property ownership—and military service. From late 1862 to the spring of 1865, as the Civil War raged on, the federal government accepted more than 180,000 black men as soldiers, something it had never done before on such a scale. Known collectively as the United States Colored Troops and organized in segregated regiments led by white officers, some of these soldiers guarded army posts along major rivers; others fought Confederate raiders to protect Union supply trains, and still others took part in major operations like the Siege of Petersburg and the Battle of Nashville. After the war, many of the black regiments took up posts in the former Confederacy to enforce federal Reconstruction policy. Freedom by the Sword tells the story of these soldiers' recruitment, organization, and service. Thanks to its broad focus on every theater of the war and its concentration on what black soldiers actually contributed to Union victory, this volume stands alone among histories of the U.S. Colored Troops.

Author : William Gardner Bell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Generals
ISBN : UCR:31210023708033

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Commanding Generals and Chiefs of Staff, 1775-2013 by William Gardner Bell Pdf

From the Foreword: This volume provides short biographical sketches of the commanding generals and chiefs of staff who have led the United States Army. Their rise through the levels of leadership to the pinnacle of their profession reveals both striking parallels and equally fascinating contrasts. While their responsibilities have evolved over the years, the essential elements of leadership remain unchanged. The format of this volume combines biographical information along with the officially designated portraits of the commanding generals and chiefs of staff. It also includes brief accounts of the artists selected to paint the official portraits. As an aspect of the Army art program, these portraits add an interesting and revealing dimension to the biographer's words. This volume not only celebrates the legacy of dedication and patriotism left by these leaders, but also enhances our understanding of military leadership at the highest levels. All those interested in the profession of arms should become familiar with those who have led our Army.

Author : Charles R. Shrader
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Logistics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105132181319

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United States Army Logistics, 1775-1992 by Charles R. Shrader Pdf

Author : William Gardner Bell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Cabinet officers
ISBN : UIUC:30112075632320

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Secretaries of War and Secretaries of the Army by William Gardner Bell Pdf

Author : Roy E. Appleman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016-12-10
Category : History
ISBN : 1944961909

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South to the Naktong, North to the Yalu by Roy E. Appleman Pdf

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Author : Marvin A. Kreidberg,Merton G. Henry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 748 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1258777304

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History of Military Mobilization in the United States Army, 1775-1945 by Marvin A. Kreidberg,Merton G. Henry Pdf

Author : George Barton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : UCD:31175009127377

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Angels of the Battlefield by George Barton Pdf

As a result of the pressing needs of the hour, the Sanitary Commission and the Christian Commission were organized. Their good deeds in supplying nurses and caring for invalids are well documented. Not as well known are the labors of the Catholic Sisters, who brought to their aid in caring for the sick and wounded, the experience, training and discipline of the religious bodies with which they were affiliated. This work aims to shed light on their work.