Lost Victories

by Alexander, Bevin

• ISBN13: 9780781810364
• ISBN10: 0781810361
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-02-01
• Publisher: Hippocrene Books

Summary

While studies of the American Civil War generally credit Robert E Lee with military expertise, this account argues that Stonewall Jackson was superior strategist who could have won the war for the South: Had Lee accepted Jackson's plan for an invasion of the North, the South might have surprised and dismayed the Union forces into defeat. Using primary sources, the author reconstructs the battles that demonstrate Jackson's brilliance as a commander.

Author Biography

Bevin Alexander is Formerly a combat historian, he resides in Bremo Bluff, Virginia

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
1. First Manassas: A New Kind of War	1	(16)
2. "There Stands Jackson Like a Stone Wall"	17	(23)
3. The Valley: Keeping McClellan Out of Richmond	40	(21)
4. The Sweep to the Potomac	61	(17)
5. Carrying the War to the Susquehanna	78	(17)
6. The First Two of the Seven Days	95	(19)
7. Frayser's Farm and Malvern Hill	114	(21)
8. Jackson Moves North	135	(21)
9. The Sweep Behind Pope	156	(18)
10. Jackson Draws Pope Into Battle	174	(19)
11. Incomplete Victory at Second Manassas	193	(14)
12. A Lost Order Changes Everything	207	(23)
13. The Bloodiest Day	230	(28)
14. Burnside Falls Into His Own Trap	258	(28)
15. Hooker Flanks Lee at Chancellorsville	286	(16)
16. "Let Us Pass Over the River"	302	(26)
Epilogue: Could Jackson Have Won?	328	(9)
Bibliography	337	(4)
Index	341