Robert R. Laven: Major General Philip Kearny

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Union General Philip Kearny began his career as a lieutenant with the 1st U.S. Dragoons. He studied cavalry tactics in France and fought with the Chasseurs d'Afrique in Algeria, where his fearlessness earned him the nickname "Kearny le Magnifique." Returning to America, he wrote a cavalry manual for the U.S. Army and later raised a troop of dragoons--using his own money to buy 120 matching dapple-gray mounts for his men--and led them during the Mexican War, where he lost an arm.
This biography chronicles the military life of one of the most talented field officers in the Army of the Potomac at the outbreak of the Civil War, who famously led a charge at the Battle of Williamsburg with his reins in his teeth, and sometimes disobeyed General George McClellan, once protesting an order to retreat as "prompted by cowardice or treason." Kearny was on the verge of higher command when he was killed at the 1862 Battle of Chantilly.

Über den Autor

U.S. Army veteran and retired Department of Defense Intelligence analyst, Robert R. Laven lives in Creve Coeur, Missouri.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

I. Beginnings

II. Influences

III. A Soldierly Figure

IV. Valley of the Sun

V. Camp Seminary

VI. Williamsburg

VII. Seven Pines

VIII. Pivot at Gaines' Mill

IX. Glendale

X. Malvern Hill

XI. A Long Roll of Thunder

XII. Manassas, August 29: Pope Engages

XIII. Manassas, August 30: Longstreet Attacks

XIV. Requiem

Epilogue

Appendix A: Lost Letter of Lt. Philip Kearny

Appendix B: Extracts from Official Reports-Mexican War

Appendix C: Documents, Reports, etc.-American Civil War

Appendix D: Kearny Testimonials

Appendix E: Kearny and First New Jersey Regiment

Appendix F: Kearny Assigned to III Corps, 3rd Division

Appendix G: Union and Confederate Order of Battle (Selected Units)

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2020
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Importe , Politikwissenschaft & Soziologie
Rubrik:	Wissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781476680286
ISBN-10:	1476680280
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Laven, Robert R.
Hersteller:	McFarland
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 13 mm
Von/Mit:	Robert R. Laven
Erscheinungsdatum:	01.04.2020
Gewicht:	0,352 kg