{"product_id":"articles-of-war-paperback","title":"Articles of War - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlbert Castel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe American Civil War is filled with fascinating characters. This collection of biographical essays on the \"winners and losers\" of the Civil War covers some of the most intriguing: Ulysses S. Grant, George B. McClellan, Sam Houston, Albert Sidney Johnston, Nathan Bedford Forrest, and William Clarke Quantrill, to name just a few. \u003cbr\u003eIn Articles of War you'll discover: \u003cbr\u003eSome Winners \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUlysses S. Grant, whose brilliant Vicksburg Campaign was a model of military strategy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJohn A. \"Black Jack\" Logan, one of the war's few successful political generals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNathan Bedford Forrest, a natural military genius despite his \"Lost Cause\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eSome Losers \u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeorge B. McClellan, whose lack of eagerness cost the Union two opportunities to win the war\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEarl Van Dorn, a victim of sheer bad luck\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheophilus H. Holmes, the little-known incompetent, called \"granny Holmes\" by his own men\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eSome Winners Who Became Losers \u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlbert Sidney Johnston, the Confederacy's \"General Who Might Have Been\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLeonidas Polk, whose initial good luck eventually ran out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWilliam Clarke Quantrill, a winner in death but a loser in life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eAnd Some Losers Who Became Winners \u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSam Houston, who, had he lived longer, could have been a winner in Texas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWilliam Tecumseh Sherman, an exceptional man; a capable, but flawed, commander\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlbert Castel is one of the respected and prolific scholars in the Civil War community. He has won several prizes for his Decision in the West: The Atlanta Campaign of 1864. Castel previous co-authored Bloody Bill Anderson: The Short, Savage Life of a Civil War Guerilla (Stackpole, 1998).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48455797539065,"sku":"9780811736701","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/9BJUja91YQ9780811736701.webp?v=1780044787","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/articles-of-war-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}