Attack and die : Civil War military tactics and the Southern heritage /

Why did the Confederacy lose so many men? The authors contend that the Confederates bled themselves nearly to death in the first three years of the war by making costly attacks more often than the Federals. Offensive tactics, which had been used successfully by Americans in the Mexican War, were muc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McWhiney, Grady
Other Authors: Jamieson, Perry D.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: University, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, [1981]
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Call Number: E545 .M38