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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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fected the conquest of Mexico at thirty-six, and Pizarro the conquest of Peru at thirty-five. Lord Clive reached the zenith of his military fame at the same age. Napoleon was a Lieutenant at seventeen, Captain at twenty, Chief of Battalion at twenty-four, General of brigade at twenty-five, and Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Itaans were led by youthful Generals with the exception of Blucher, one of those men whose martial energies the fires of time do not chill. In the campaign of 1815 Napoleon was opposed by Wellington and Gneisenoer, the former the same age as Napoleon, and educated at the same time with him in the military schools of France. Both weNapoleon, and educated at the same time with him in the military schools of France. Both were younger than most of his own Generals. It is observed that Napoleon's plans were never better conceived, and his troops never fought more bravely, but the dilatory movements of his Generals, who had lost their youthful energy, paralyzed the blows aimed at his enemy. Washington was about forty-five when he was called to th