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StapleBound. Copyright Date: 1949 Octavo, 1949, PP.237-254, Range, Habit And Taxonomy Of This Interesting Plant Very Good, John Moores Copy From Neal Hotchkiss, Marginal Tanning January 1949 Offprint From The American Midland Naturalist, Vol.41, No.1. B & W Photos, Line Drawings, Maps (ilustrador).

Hardcover. Condición: Very good. 1st Edition. 409 pages. Maps. Illustrations. Appendix 1 and 2. Notes. Sources. Index. No dust jacket present. Cover has slight wear and soiling. The Battle of Chancellorsville has intrigued military historians and posed one of the great riddles of the Civil War. This splendid chronicle of Chancellorsville draws on a wealth of firsthand sources, combining a gripping narrative of tactics and character with a clarity of analysis. Drawing on new research as well as period journals and diaries, this study provides a detailed account of the battle of Chancellorsville and assesses the factors that led to a Confederate victory. Ernest B. "Pat" Furgurson was a distinguished journalist and graceful writer. He spent more than 40 years as a newspaperman, most of them at The Baltimore Sun, where he was a correspondent, Washington bureau chief, and national affairs columnist. He was the author of biographies of William Westmoreland and Jesse Helms and of four widely praised books on the Civil War, including Chancellorsville, 1863 and Freedom Rising. He also wrote scores of magazine articles for National Geographic, Reader's Digest, and other publications. The focus of his Sun column was often forgotten people in forgotten places. He graduated from the Columbia School of Journalism. After serving from 1953 to 1955 as an officer in the Marine Corps, he worked for papers in Roanoke and Richmond before joining the Sun in 1956. His column was syndicated by the Los Angeles Times Syndicate. He retired from the Sun in 1992. He was active in the Civil War Preservation Trust. For 130 years historians and military strategists have been obsessed by the battle of Chancellorsville. It began with an audaciously planned stroke by Union general Joe Hooker as he sent his army across the Rappahannock River and around Robert E. Lee's lines. It ended with that same army fleeing back in near total disarray -- and Hooker's reputation in ruins. This splendid account of Chancellorsville -- the first in more than 35 years -- explains Lee's most brilliant victory even as it places the battle within the larger canvas of the Civil War. Drawing on a wealth of first-hand sources, it creates a novelistic chronicle of tactics and characters while it retraces every thrust and parry of the two armies and the fateful decisions of their commanders, from Hooker's glaring display of moral weakness to the inspired risk-taking of Lee and Stonewall Jackson, who was mortally wounded by friendly fire. At once impassioned and gracefully balanced, Chancellorsville 1863 is a grand achievement in Civil War history. The Battle of Chancellorsville, April 30 May 6, 1863, was a major battle of the American Civil War (18611865), and the principal engagement of the Chancellorsville campaign. Confederate General Robert E. Lee's decision to divide his army in the presence of a much larger enemy force resulted in a significant Confederate victory, described by some historians as Lee's "perfect battle". The victory, a product of Lee's audacity and Union general Joseph Hooker's timid decision-making, was tempered by heavy casualties, including Lt. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson. Jackson was hit by friendly fire. He died of pneumonia eight days later, a loss that Lee likened to losing his right arm. The Chancellorsville campaign began when Hooker secretly moved the bulk of his army up the left bank of the Rappahannock River, then crossed it on the morning of April 27, 1863. Union cavalry under Maj. Gen. George Stoneman began a long-distance raid against Lee's supply lines at about the same time. Crossing the Rapidan River via Germanna and Ely's Fords, the Federal infantry concentrated near Chancellorsville on April 30. Combined with the Union force facing Fredericksburg, Hooker planned a double envelopment, attacking Lee from both his front and rear. On May 1, Hooker advanced from Chancellorsville toward Lee, but the Confederate general split his army in the face of superior numbers, leaving a small force at Fredericksburg to deter Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick from advancing, while he attacked Hooker's advance with about four-fifths of his army. Hooker withdrew his men to the defensive lines around Chancellorsville, ceding the initiative to Lee. On May 2, Lee divided his army again, sending Stonewall Jackson's entire corps on a flanking march that routed the Union XI Corps. The fiercest fighting of the battleand the second bloodiest day of the Civil Waroccurred on May 3 as Lee launched multiple attacks against the Union position at Chancellorsville, resulting in heavy losses on both sides and the pulling back of Hooker's main army. That same day, Sedgwick advanced across the Rappahannock River, defeated the small Confederate force at Marye's Heights in the Second Battle of Fredericksburg, and then moved to the west. The Confederates fought a successful delaying action at the Battle of Salem Church. On the 4th, Lee turned his back on Hooker and attacked Sedgwick, and drove him back to Banks' Ford, surrounding them on three sides. Sedgwick withdrew across the ford early on May 5. Lee turned back to confront Hooker who withdrew the remainder of his army the night of May 56. The campaign ended on May 7 when Stoneman's cavalry reached Union lines east of Richmond. With the loss of Jackson, Lee reorganized his army, and flush with victory began what was to become the Gettysburg campaign a month later. First Edition [stated] Presumed first printing. William J. Clipson (maps, based on Hotchkiss and A (ilustrador).…

Hardcovers. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Eight Octavos, hardcovers, two quartos, and a folio (paintings) hardcovers, (photos, maps, paintings) Vol. I has damage to back cover, cloth is chippped and torn else all other volumes (2 to 8) are VG or better in blue cloth boards with white lettering. . 1st Ed. Eight volume set volumes 1-8) without dust jackets. Publisher's note by Thomas Yoseloff. about 400 pages in each volume. Begins with the outbreak of the rebellion (vol 1) up through Vol. 8, The Gulf and Inland Waters -- the Shenandoah Valley in 1864, Vol. 6 is a large volume and has a cracked hinge; Volume 4, the Armyof the Cumberland has damage to the front board and stains on endpapers, Volume 2, The Peninsula, McClellan's Campaign of 1862 is good and tight as is Volume 7, The Blockade and the Cruisers; Volume 3, the Antietam and Fredericksburg is good but slightly cocked, as is Volume 5, Atlanta, These amount to about 6 dollars each and basically free shipping. Price includes shipping which is about 20, so set (of 11 books) is a good buy. Hotchkiss was the cartographer for Stonewall Jackson and Lee's Confederate forces. Features 50 maps and original sketches, five pull-out maps of Manassas 2, Antietam, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg. Ant Civil War buff would LOVE this set of 11 books. Mort Kunstler et al (ilustrador). …

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st. First Edition, First Printing; From library & w/signature of Chase Osborn, famous explorer, geologist, journalist, & Governor of Michigan, 1911- 1913; lite shelf rubbing; 378 clean, unmarked pages+illus. fold-out maps,charts,photos. (ilustrador).