The Battle of New Market

by Davis, William C.

• ISBN13: 9780807110782
• ISBN10: 0807110787
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1983-03-01
• Publisher: Louisiana State Univ Pr

Summary

In vivid detail, The Battle of New Market tells of Breckinridge's audacious domination of the battlefield and of Sigel's tragic ineptitude; of the opposing troops, both seasoned and untried; of the fate of prisoners and of the wounded; and, perhaps most memorably, of the gallantry of the cadets who marched from the classrooms of VMI directly into the heat of battle.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	v
List of Illustrations	xi
Photographs and Maps
Preface	xiii
``The Romance of the War''	1	(6)
``The Hour for Action Has Arrived''	7	(13)
``We Are in for Business Now''	20	(11)
``The Rebs Won't Gobble Us This Time''	31	(15)
``You Must Judge''	46	(16)
``Now We've Got the D---d Yankees!''	62	(18)
``We Can Attack and Whip Them Here''	80	(22)
``I Thought That All Was Lost''	102	(23)
``Vare Ish Mein Cavalrie?''	125	(34)
``It Was a Most Brilliant Affair''	159	(34)
Appendix A. Strength of Commands in the New Market Campaign	193	(5)
Appendix B. Casualties in the Battle of New Market	198	(4)
Documentation and Notes by Chapter	202	(30)
A Note on Sources	232	(9)
Index	241