Edward J Hagerty

Soldier of the South

Lieutenant General Richard H. Anderson at War and Peace. Sprache: Englisch.

gebunden , 432 Seiten

ISBN 164336622X

EAN 9781643366227

Veröffentlicht 22. Januar 2026

Verlag/Hersteller University of South Carolina Press

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Beschreibung

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.

Portrait

Edward J. Hagerty teaches history at American Military University and Leadership classes at the Air Force Global College. He is author of Collis' Zouaves: The 114th Pennsylvania Volunteers in the Civil War and The Air Force Office of Special Investigations, 1948-2000.