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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Atlantic Essays 16 0 Browse Search
William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac 14 0 Browse Search
H. Wager Halleck , A. M. , Lieut. of Engineers, U. S. Army ., Elements of Military Art and Science; or, Course of Instruction in Strategy, Fortification, Tactis of Battles &c., Embracing the Duties of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery and Engineers. Adapted to the Use of Volunteers and Militia. 8 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: August 28, 1863., [Electronic resource] 6 0 Browse Search
Fitzhugh Lee, General Lee 5 1 Browse Search
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865 5 3 Browse Search
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 8: Soldier Life and Secret Service. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 4 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 18. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 4 0 Browse Search
Baron de Jomini, Summary of the Art of War, or a New Analytical Compend of the Principle Combinations of Strategy, of Grand Tactics and of Military Policy. (ed. Major O. F. Winship , Assistant Adjutant General , U. S. A., Lieut. E. E. McLean , 1st Infantry, U. S. A.) 4 0 Browse Search
Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2 4 0 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: June 29, 1861., [Electronic resource], Military Maxises of Napoleon. (search)
ut spies; to seize the letters in the mails, translate and make an abstract of their contents, in short, to answer all the inquiries of the General-in-Chief on his arrival with the whole army;--such are the duties which come within the sphere of a good General of an advanced post. Commanders-in-Chief are to be guided by their own experience or genius. Tactics, evolutions, the science of the engineer and the artillery officers, may be learned from treaties, but generalship is acquired only by experience and the study of the campaigns of all great captains. Gustavus Adolphus, Turenne, and Frederic, as also Alexander, Hannibal, and Cæsar, have all acted on the same principle. To keep your forces united, to be vulnerable at no point, to bear down with rapidity upon important points — these are the principles which insure victory. It is by the fear which the reputation of your arms inspires that you maintain the fidelity of your allies and the obedience of conquered nations