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William E. Sloan's diary of the great war for Southern Independence by Richard M McMurry; Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State University. Libraries) is a reference work available to read on EtoBox.

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This Book Focuses On John Bell Hood, A Native Of Kentucky Bred On Romantic Notions Of The Old South And Determined To Model Himself On Robert E. Lee. Hood Had A Tragic Military Career, No Less Interesting For Being Calamitous. After Conspicuous Bravery In Leading A Texas Brigade, He Rose In The Ranks To Become The Youngest Of The Full Generals Of The Confederacy. The Misfortune In Store For Hood, A Far Better Fighter Than A Strategist, Illustrates The Strain And Risks Of High Command. One Of The Lasting Images To Come Out Of The Civil War Is That Of The One-legged General Hood Strapped In His Saddle, Leading His Men In A Hopeless Counter-offensive Against Sherman's March On Atlanta. The Molding Of A Soldier -- Lieutenant Hood, U.s. Army -- Don The Rebel Gray -- Many Dead All Around -- Hood's Career At Apogee -- The Glory And The Fame -- All Eyes Turned To The Front -- Hood, The Bold Fighter -- Confrontation At Atlanta -- Hood's Supreme Test -- A Complete And Disastrous Failure -- Officer Of The Late Confederate Army. Richard M. Mcmurry. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. [228]-231.

Who reads William E. Sloan's diary of the great war for Southern Independence?

Author

Richard M McMurry; Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State University. Libraries)

Publisher

Lexington, Ky.: University Press of Kentucky

Published

1982

Language

EN

ISBN

9780813114576

Category

reference

Subjects

Memoir, Reference, Fiction

Rating

4.2 / 5 (1 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14