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1 online resource (xxxiv, 465 pages) |
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text txt rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Print version record. |
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PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION: THE MAKING AND MEANING OF GREATNESS -- JOSEPH REID ANDERSON (February 6, 1813- September 7, 1892) -- CLARA BARTON (December 25, 1821-April 13, 1912) -- PIERRE GUSTAVE TOUTANT BEAUREGARD (May 28, 1818- February 20, 1893) -- HENRY WARD BEECHER (June 24, 1813- March 9, 1887) -- JUDAH PHILIP BENJAMIN (August 6, 1811- May 6, 1884) -- THOMAS STANLEY BOCOCK (May 18, 1815- August 5, 1891) -- BRAXTON BRAGG (March 21, 1817- September 27, 1876) -- JOSEPH EMERSON BROWN (April 15, 1821- November 30, 1894). |
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JOSHUA LAWRENCE CHAMBERLAIN (September 8, 1828- February 24, 1914) -- SALMON PORTLAND CHASE (January 13, 1808- May 7, 1873) -- JAY COOKE (August 10, 1821-February 16, 1905) -- CHARLES ANDERSON DANA (August 8, 1819- October 17, 1897) -- JEFFERSON FINIS DAVIS (June 3, 1808- December 6, 1889) -- VARINA HOWELL DAVIS (May 7, 1826- October 16, 1906) -- DOROTHEA LYNDE DIX (April 4, 1802- July 17, 1887) -- FREDERICK DOUGLASS (February 14, 1818- February 20, 1895) -- JOSIAH GORGAS (July 1, 1818- May 18, 1883) -- ULYSSES SIMPSON GRANT (April 27, 1822- July 25, 1885). |
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HENRY WAGER HALLECK (January 16, 1815- January 9, 1872) -- JOHN BELL HOOD (June 29, 1831- August 30, 1879) -- ROBERT MERCER TALIAFERRO HUNTER (April 21, 1809- July 18, 1887) -- THOMAS JONATHAN JACKSON (January 21, 1824- May 10, 1863) -- ANDREW JOHNSON (December 29, 1808- August 1, 1875) -- JOSEPH EGGLESTON JOHNSTON (February 3, 1807- March 21, 1891) -- ROBERT EDWARD LEE (January 19, 1807- October 12, 1870) -- ABRAHAM LINCOLN (February 12, 1809- April 15, 1865) -- JAMES LONGSTREET (January 8, 1821- January 2, 1904) -- GEORGE BRINTON MCCLELLAN (December 3, 1826- October 29, 1885). |
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STEPHEN RUSSELL MALLORY (1811?- November 9, 1873) -- GEORGE GORDON MEADE (December 31, 1815- November 6, 1872) -- CHRISTOPHER GUSTAVUS MEMMINGER (January 9, 1803- March 7, 1888) -- OLIVER PERRY MORTON (August 4, 1823- November 1, 1877) -- BENJAMIN MORGAN PALMER (January 25, 1818- May 28, 1902) -- EDWARD ALFRED POLLARD (February 27, 1831- December 12, 1872) -- DAVID DIXON PORTER (June 18, 1813- February 13, 1891) -- JAMES ALEXANDER SEDDON (July 13, 1815- August 19, 1880) -- RAPHAEL SEMMES (September 27, 1809-August 31, 1877) -- WILLIAM HENRY SEWARD (May 16, 1801- October 10, 1872). |
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PHILIP HENRY SHERIDAN (March 6, 1831- August 5, 1888) -- WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN (February 8, 1820- February 14, 1891) -- EDWIN MCMASTER STANTON (December 19, 1814- December 24, 1869) -- ALEXANDER HAMILTON STEPHENS (February 11, 1812- March 4, 1883) -- THADDEUS STEVENS (April 4, 1792- August 11, 1868) -- CHARLES SUMNER (January 6, 1811- March 11, 1874) -- GEORGE HENRY THOMAS (March 31, 1816- March 28, 1870) -- WALT(ER) WHITMAN (May 31, 1819- March 26, 1891) -- LOUIS TREZEVANT WIGFALL (April 21, 1816- February 18, 1874) -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS. |
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English. |
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography -- Dictionaries.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Historiography -- Dictionaries.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical. |
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HISTORY. |
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Historiography. (OCoLC)fst00958221 |
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155 |
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American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865) (OCoLC)fst01351658 |
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1861-1865 |
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Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Dictionaries. (OCoLC)fst01423826
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Dictionaries.
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Ritter, Charles F., 1937-
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Wakelyn, Jon L.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Leaders of the American Civil War. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1998 0313295603 (DLC) 98012156 (OCoLC)38249351 |
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0313064946 (electronic bk.) |
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9780313064944 (electronic bk.) |
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9780313295607 |
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0313295603 |
| OCLC No. |
erma61399662 |
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