John Bankhead Magruder

by Settles, Thomas M.; Campbell, Kimberly C. (CON)

• ISBN13: 9780807133910
• ISBN10: 0807133914
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780807149621
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-06-01
• Publisher: Louisiana State Univ Pr
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Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Every Inch a Soldier	p. 1
Opportunity in Mexico	p. 38
Between the Wars	p. 79
Protecting the Approach to Richmond	p. 118
Magruder Defends, Johnston Retreats	p. 158
"In Obedience to Your Orders, Twice Repeated"	p. 195
High Tide, Low Tide, in Texas	p. 242
Postwar Odyssey	p. 281
Bibliography	p. 307
Index	p. 327
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Excerpts

Of all the major figures of the Civil War era, Confederate General John Bankhead Magruder is perhaps the least understood. The third-ranking officer in Virginia's forces, behind Robert E. Lee and Joseph E. Johnston, Magruder left no diary, no completed memoirs, no will, not even a family Bible. There are no genealogical records and very few surviving personal papers. It is not surprising, then, that much existing literature about Magruder is incorrect. In John Bankhead Magruder, an exhaustive biography that reflects more than thirty years of painstaking archival research, Thomas M. Settles remedies the many factual inaccuracies surrounding this enigmatic man and his military career. John Bankhead Magruder offers fresh insight into many aspects of the general's life and legacy, including his alleged excesses, his relationships within his family, and the period between Magruder's death and his memorialization into the canon of Lost Cause mythology. With engaging prose and impressive research, Settles brings this vibrant Civil War figure to life.