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One Damn Blunder from Beginning to End
Gary D. Joiner
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Description for One Damn Blunder from Beginning to End
Hardback. In the spring of 1864, as the armies of Grant and Lee waged a highly scrutinized and celebrated battle for the state of Virginia, a no-less important, but historically obscured engagement was being conducted in the pine barrens of northern Louisiana. Series: The American Crisis Series: Books on the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 198 pages, maps, photographs, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBW; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
In the spring of 1864, as the armies of Grant and Lee waged a highly scrutinized and celebrated battle for the state of Virginia, a no- less important, but historically obscured engagement was being conducted in the pine barrens of northern Louisiana. In a year of stellar triumphs by Union armies across the South, the Red River Campaign stands out as a colossal failure. General William Tecumseh Sherman's scathing summation describes it best, 'One damn blunder from beginning to end.' Taking its title from Sherman's blunt description, One Damn Blunder from Beginning to End: The Red River Campaign of 1864 ... Read more
In the spring of 1864, as the armies of Grant and Lee waged a highly scrutinized and celebrated battle for the state of Virginia, a no- less important, but historically obscured engagement was being conducted in the pine barrens of northern Louisiana. In a year of stellar triumphs by Union armies across the South, the Red River Campaign stands out as a colossal failure. General William Tecumseh Sherman's scathing summation describes it best, 'One damn blunder from beginning to end.' Taking its title from Sherman's blunt description, One Damn Blunder from Beginning to End: The Red River Campaign of 1864 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
198
Condition
New
Series
The American Crisis Series: Books on the Civil War Era
Number of Pages
198
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780842029360
SKU
V9780842029360
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About Gary D. Joiner
Gary Dillard Joiner is instructor of history and director of the Red River Regional Studies Center at Louisiana State University.
Reviews for One Damn Blunder from Beginning to End
Historians have seldom taken on the complex history of the unique and relatively unknown Red River campaign, perhaps because it is such a sprawling, swampy tangle of blunders on both sides. Writing in a clear and unembellished style, Gary Dillard Joiner scouts readers into that tangle and brings them out again not only illuminated, but exhilarated.
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