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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.) 378 0 Browse Search
Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 106 0 Browse Search
Emil Schalk, A. O., The Art of War written expressly for and dedicated to the U.S. Volunteer Army. 104 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: September 19, 1864., [Electronic resource] 66 0 Browse Search
William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac 46 0 Browse Search
John Esten Cooke, Wearing of the Gray: Being Personal Portraits, Scenes, and Adventures of War. 36 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore) 32 0 Browse Search
The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South (ed. Alexander Kelly McClure) 28 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore) 26 0 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 1: The Opening Battles. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 26 0 Browse Search
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f Rostopchin with a view to destroying the immense stores which the city contained, sufficient for two years supplies of the French army. Bonaparte acknowledged that the burning of Moscow saved Russia and over threw him. The English historians land Rostopchin to the skies, and ascribe the sacrifice to patriotism on the part of him and the inhabitants. On the contrary. Rostopchin found himself very disagreeably famous. The very fame of the deed which made him glorious with the enemies of Napoleon, was odious to his own countrymen. After having spent many years in exile, he did not date to return to his own country, and face his Emperor, until he had published and widely disseminated a pamphlet, with a view of proving that the fire of Moscow was accidental, and not the result of concerted plan; the Emperor Alexander to the day of his death never ceased to assert that Moscow was burnt without his orders. At any rate, the example of the barbarous "Turtars encamped in Europe," is