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The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South (ed. Alexander Kelly McClure), Lee 's West Virginia campaign . (search)
The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South (ed. Alexander Kelly McClure), The campaign in Pennsylvania . (search)
The campaign in Pennsylvania. Colonel W. H. Taylor.
From the very necessity of the case, the general theory upon which the war was conducted, on the part of the South, was one of defense.
The great superiority of the North in men and material made it indispensable for the South to husband its resources as much as possible, inasmuch as the hope of ultimate success which the latter entertained, rested rather upon the dissatisfaction and pecuniary distress which a prolonged war would entail upon the former-making the people weary of the struggle-than upon any expectation of conquering a peace by actually subduing so powerful an adversary.
Nevertheless, in the judgment of General Lee, it was a part of a true defensive policy to take the aggressive when good opportunity offered; and by delivering an effective blow to the enemy, not only to inflict upon him serious loss, but, at the same time, to thwart his designs of invasion, derange the plan of campaign contemplated by him, and th
The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South (ed. Alexander Kelly McClure), Life in Pennsylvania . (search)
The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South (ed. Alexander Kelly McClure), How Jefferson Davis was overtaken. (search)
The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South (ed. Alexander Kelly McClure), The mistakes of Gettysburg . (search)
The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South (ed. Alexander Kelly McClure), The battle of Shiloh . (search)
The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South (ed. Alexander Kelly McClure), Stonewall Jackson's Valley campaign. (search)
Robert Stiles, Four years under Marse Robert, Chapter 9 : Malvern Hill and the effect of the Seven Days battles (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 4. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Defence of batteries Gregg and Whitworth , and the Evacuation of Petersburg . (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 4. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Gen. Lee 's strength and losses at Gettysburg . (search)