Soldier of the South

Lieutenant General Richard H. Anderson at War and Peace

von Edward J. Hagerty

432 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Military biography of Lt. Gen. Richard H. Anderson, whose career led him from West Point to Mexico, Charleston to Appomattox Soldier of the South is the first comprehensive examination of Anderson's life, providing a view of an officer's experiences on the frontier, in Mexico, and during the American Civil War. Anderson led Confederate soldiers first in Florida, then from the Peninsula Campaign to Sailor's Creek, where his patchwork corps disintegrated. Edward J. Hagerty considers both the strategic details of Anderson's failures and successes on the battlefield and his personal struggles off it. One of Robert E. Lee's corps commanders, Anderson was the most senior ranking soldier from South Carolina, yet he fell into relative obscurity after the war. Hagerty examines the causes for Anderson's postwar decline and makes the case for his continued significance.

• Themen: Geschichte und Archäologie Geschichte Militärgeschichte Besondere Kriege und militärische Feldzüge Bürgerkriege
• ISBN: 9781643366227
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 22.01.2026
• Größe: 161 x 237 mm
• Verlag: University of South Carolina Press