
Federal officers at their Brandy Station winter camp having dinner.
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![]() I Rode With Jeb Stuart: The Life And Campaigns Of Major General J. E. B. Stuart As early as First Manassas (Bull Run) he was contributing significantly to the Confederate victory; he subsequently displayed his daring and brilliance in the battles of Second Manassas, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Brandy Station the most significant cavalry battle of the war, and Stuart's finest moment. General Lee depended on Stuart for knowledge of the enemy |

![]() The Mutiny at Brandy Station by Frederick B. Arner the Last Battle of the Hooker Brigade A Controversial Army Reorganization Courts Martial And the Bloody Days That Followed |
THE MUTINY AT BRANDY STATION presents, in microcosm, the character and actions of men who served the United States Army of the Potomac in 1864. The story follows key players through the reorganization, the courts martial, and into the Wilderness using direct quotes from their diaries, memoirs, and reports as well as original transcripts of the trials. 78 black and white illustrations. |
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![]() Confederate Struggle For Command: General James Longstreet and the First Corps in the West A comprehensive analysis of Longstreet's leadership during his seven-month assignment in the Tennessee theater of operations. Mendoza concludes that the obstacles to effective command faced by Longstreet had at least as much to do with longstanding grievances and politically motivated prejudices as they did with any personal or military shortcomings |
![]() Jeb Stuart: The Last Cavalier Biography of the dashing Confederate general is history at its best: fascinating, colorful, provocative. Includes portraits of Stuart's early life, training at West Point, the fateful decision to side with the South and action-packed battle scenes. 7 maps. 8 pages of photos. |
![]() Jeb Stuart and the Confederate Defeat at Gettysburg Warren C. Robinson reassesses the historical record to come to a clearer view of Stuart's orders for the crucial battle (as well as what was expected of him), of his actual performance, and of the impact his late arrival had on the outcome of the campaign. |
![]() Shades of Blue and Gray: An Introductory Military History of the Civil War The Civil War with an emphasis on contemporary advances in military technology and their effects on behavior in the field. Ulysses Grant was speaking nearly literally when he wrote, "the iron gauntlet must be used more than the silken glove to destroy the Confederacy" |
![]() Staff Officers in Gray: A Biographical Register of the Staff Officers in the Army of Northern Virginia Profiles some 2,300 staff officers in Robert E. Lee's famous Army of Northern Virginia. A typical entry includes the officer's full name, the date and place of his birth and death, details of his education and occupation, and a synopsis of his military record. Two appendixes provide a list of more than 3,000 staff officers who served in other armies of the Confederacy and complete rosters of known staff officers of each general |
![]() Vicksburg: The Campaign That Opened the Mississippi Confederate troops surrendered Vicksburg on July 4, 1863 a crucial port and rail depot for the South was lost |
![]() Vicksburg Expedition Guide Annimated movie that details Grants Mississippi campaign which concluded with the seige of Vicksburg. A great background on the importance of this site in the entire war, as well as battles leading up to the Vicksburgh seige. |
![]() Balls Bluff: A Small Battle and Its Long Shadow Confederate troops scored what was probably the most complete victory by either side in the Civil War at a place calle Ball's Bluff, thirty-five miles west of Washington, DC, on the Virginia bank of the Potomac River. Union soldiers were driven in a panic off the high bluff into the river, where many of them drowned |
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