| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 340 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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War and society in North America |
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War and society in North America (Athens, Ohio)
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| Contents |
Citizen of the Western Reserve: maturing in peace, girding for war -- A citizen-general secures (West) Virginia -- Citizen-general on the national stage: the Maryland Campaign -- Citizen/political general: political wars outside the mainstream -- Division and army commander: the Atlanta Campaign -- Citizen-warrior: the Franklin-Nashville Campaign and war's end -- From citizen-general to state and national political leader -- Citizen-statesman -- Civil War historian -- Renaissance man in the Gilded Age |
| Summary |
The wrenching events of the Civil War transformed not only the United States but also the men unexpectedly called on to lead their fellow citizens in this first modern example of total war. Jacob Dolson Cox, a former divinity student with no formal military training, was among those who rose to the challenge. In a conflict in which "political generals" often proved less than competent, Cox, the consummate citizen general, emerged as one of the best commanders in the Union army. During his school days at Oberlin College, no one could have predicted that the intellectual, reserved, and book |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 12, 2022) |
| Subject |
Cox, Jacob D. (Jacob Dolson), 1828-1900.
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| SUBJECT |
Cox, Jacob D. (Jacob Dolson), 1828-1900 fast |
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Generals -- United States -- Biography
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Governors -- Ohio -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
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HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
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HISTORY -- General.
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Generals
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Governors
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Military campaigns
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140214
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Ohio -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140216
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Ohio
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780821444801 |
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0821444808 |
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