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1 online resource (xii, 401 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Preface; 1. Cold Spring and West Point; 2. Topographical Engineer; 3. Into the West with Harney; 4. The Black Hills; 5. The Explorer Becomes a Soldier; 6. On the Virginia Peninsula; 7. From Second Manassas to Fredericksburg; 8. With Hooker; 9. To Little Round Top; 10. The Aftermath of Gettysburg; 11. Second Corps Interlude; 12. Fallout, 1863 ... 1864; 13. Into the Deep, Dark Woods; 14. Bloody Spotsylvania; 15. Around Lee's Right; 16. Standoff at Petersburg; 17. The Mine and the Railroad; 18. West to Peebles' Farm; 19. To the End of 1864; 20. Beginning of the End |
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"Happiness Is Not My Companion"The Life of General G.K. WarrenDavid M. JordanThe valorous but troubled career of the Civil War general, best known for his quick action to defend Little Round Top and avert a Union defeat at Gettysburg. Gouverneur K. Warren, a brilliant student at West Point and a topographical engineer, earned early acclaim for his explorations of the Nebraska Territory and the Black Hills in the 1850s. With the start of the Civil War, Warren moved from teacher at West Point to |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-387) and index |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Warren, G. K. (Gouverneur Kemble), 1830-1882.
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Warren, G. K. (Gouverneur Kemble), 1830-1882 fast |
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United States. Army -- Biography.
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United States. Army fast |
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Generals -- United States -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY.
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HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877)
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Generals
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Military campaigns
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Amerikaanse burgeroorlog.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140216
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United States
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Biographies
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History
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Biografieën (vorm)
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0253108942 |
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9780253108944 |
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1282062824 |
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9781282062825 |
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9786612062827 |
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6612062827 |
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