The Gallant Dead Union and Confederate Generals Killed in the Civil War

by Smith, Derek,

• ISBN13: 9780811701327
• ISBN10: 0811701328
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-04-21
• Publisher: Stackpole Books

Summary

Gallant Dead, The is a Stackpole Books publication.

Author Biography

Derek Smith is a journalist and the author of several Civil War books, including The Gallant Dead and In the Lion’s Mouth. A native of Bishopville, South Carolina, he lives in Williamsville, New York.

Table of Contents

Introduction	vi
Chapter 1: First to Fall-1861	1	(14)
Chapter 2: Death in the West-Early 1862	15	(11)
Chapter 3: Johnston: The Eagle's Fall at Shiloh	26	(11)
Chapter 4: A Deadly Virginia Summer-1862	37	(12)
Chapter 5: Phil Kearny and Other Union Losses	49	(19)
Chapter 6: Antietam's Terrible Toll	68	(17)
Chapter 7: Bloody Mississippi and Perryville	85	(10)
Chapter 8: Fury at Fredericksburg	95	(12)
Chapter 9: Stones River and Port Gibson	107	(13)
Chapter 10: Stonewall and Chancellorsville	120	(23)
Chapter 11: Mississippi Mourning and South Carolina	143	(11)
Chapter 12: Gettysburg	154	(36)
Chapter 13: Chickamauga, Knoxville, and Bristoe Station	190	(14)
Chapter 14: The Red River Campaign-1864	204	(8)
Chapter 15: The Wilderness	212	(13)
Chapter 16: John Sedgwick and Other Virginia Dead, May June, 1864	225	(15)
Chapter 17: Jeb Stuart's Final Glory	240	(11)
Chapter 18: McPherson, Bishop Polk, and the Atlanta Campaign	251	(25)
Chapter 19: Shrouds in the Shenandoah	276	(15)
Chapter 20: More Dirges in Virginia-1864	291	(14)
Chapter 21: John Hunt Morgan's Inglorious End	305	(8)
Chapter 22: The Franklin Generals	313	(15)
Chapter 23: The Engineer and the Newlywed-1865	328	(8)
Chapter 24: "You Have Killed General A.P. Hill..."	336	(6)
Chapter 25: Last Blood	342	(7)
Chapter 26: Short Stories and Loose Ends	349	(11)
Appendix I: The Gallant Dead Generals	360	(7)
Appendix II: Wartime Deaths from Other Causes	367	(3)
Notes	370	(26)
Bibliography	396	(6)
Index	402