Battle of New Market
In this book, William C. Davis narrates one of the most memorable and crucial of the engagements fought for control of the strategically vital Shenandoah Valley -- a battle that centered on the farming community of New Market. There, Confederate forces under the command of General John C. Breckinridge defeated the numerically superior army commanded by the Union's hapless General Franz Sigel. Outnumbered by a margin of four to one at the beginning of the conflict, Breckinridge was desperate for additional men. He sent out a call for assistance to the Virginia Military Institute, and the school responded by sending 258 members of its Corps of…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8071-1078-2
- EAN: 9780807110782
- Produktnummer: 9039364
- Verlag: Louisiana State University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1983
- Seitenangabe: 280 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D1.5 cm 356 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 356
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