Bøker av Scott C. Patchan

Jubal A Early's disastrous battles in the Shenandoah Valley ultimately resulted in his ignominious dismissal. Focusing on military tactics and battle history in uncovering the facts and events of various battles, the author offers a fresh perspective on his contributions to the Confederate war effort - and to Union battle plans and politicking.

Based primarily on his 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign journal, this biographical work on Colonel Joseph Thoburn, Commander, 1st Infantry Division, Army of West Virginia, provides significant insight on this period of the Civil War, as well as background on an important field commander of the Union Army who was a physician from Wheeling, West Virginia.

In 1862, looking for an opportunity to attack Union general John Pope, Confederate general Robert E. Lee ordered Maj. Gen. James Longstreet to conduct a reconnaissance and possible assault on the Chinn Ridge front in Northern Virginia. At the time Longstreet launched his attack, only a handful of Union troops stood between Robert E. Lee and Gen.