Worthy opponents : William T. Sherman and Joseph E. Johnston : antagonists in war, friends in peace / Edward G. Longacre.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Longacre, Edward G., 1946- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, 2017.
Edition:Paperback edition.
Subjects:
Sherman, William T. > (William Tecumseh), > 1820-1891.
Johnston, Joseph E. > (Joseph Eggleston), > 1807-1891.
United States. > Army > Biography.
Confederate States of America. > Army > Biography.
Confederate States of America. > Army.
United States. > Army.
Generals > United States > Biography.
Generals > Confederate States of America > Biography.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Campaigns.
Generals.
Military campaigns.
United States.
United States > Confederate States of America.
1861-1865
History.
Genre:
Biography.
History.
Physical Description:ix, 392 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The school of the soldier
  • The brightest of the lot
  • War and love
  • Dead cock in a pit
  • Two resignations
  • Sleeping on a volcano
  • The shock of battle
  • Self-inflicted wounds
  • Threats real and imagined
  • "My God! We are attacked!"
  • Recuperation and redemption
  • Retaking the field
  • "I am too late"
  • War in earnest
  • "I've got Joe Johnston dead!"
  • A failure to communicate
  • And fairly won
  • Reunion in the Carolinas
  • Epilogue: warriors in peacetime.