Bøger af Jay W. Simson

For more than 140 years most students and historians of the Civil War have accepted the claim by Confederate Colonel John S Mosby that George Armstrong Custer bears all of the guilt associated with the executions of six of Mosby's Rangers at Front Royal, Virginia on September 23, 1864. This book challenges that view.

With the ascendancy of Ulysses S Grant in late 1863, the command tone of the United States Army underwent a dramatic change. Phillip Sheridan set about reorganizing the command to reflect Grant's new style. During the last six months of the war, he relieved three generals of their commands due to their inability to follow his orders precisely.