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1 online resource |
| Contents |
""Front Matter Hood i-xxi""; ""Prologue xxii-xxvi""; ""Chapter 1 Hood Papers new mat.""; ""Chapter 2 Darby 19-38""; ""Chapter 3 Hoods Promotions 39-52""; ""Chapter 4 Atlanta 53-80""; ""Chapter 5 Cassville 81-99""; ""Chapter 6 Strategy 100-109""; ""Chapter 7 Spring Hill 110-125""; ""Chapter 8 AOT Strength 126-138""; ""Chapter 9 Wigfall 139-146""; ""Chapter 10 JBH to Anna 147-181""; ""Chapter 11 Misc 182-228""; ""Chapter 12 Credibility 229-239""; ""Chapter 13 Orphans 240-259""; ""Appendix Hood Papers 260-269""; ""Bibliography 270-274""; ""Hood Papers Index 275-286"" |
| Summary |
Scholars hail the find as ""the most important discovery in Civil War scholarship in the last half century."" The invaluable cache of Confederate General John Bell Hood's personal papers includes wartime and postwar letters from comrades, subordinates, former enemies and friends, exhaustive medical reports relating to Hood's two major wounds, and dozens of touching letters exchanged between Hood and his wife, Anna. This treasure trove of information is being made available for the first time for both professional and amateur Civil War historians in Stephen ""Sam"" Hood's The Lost Papers of Con |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO; viewed on March 20, 2015) |
| Subject |
Hood, John Bell, 1831-1879 -- Correspondence
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| SUBJECT |
Hood, John Bell, 1831-1879 fast |
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Generals -- Confederate States of America -- Correspondence
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HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
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Generals
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Military campaigns
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140262
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140216
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| Subject |
United States
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United States -- Confederate States of America
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Personal narratives
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Personal correspondence
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hood, Stephen M.
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| ISBN |
9781611211832 |
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1611211832 |
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