Charles R Knight
Autor(a) de Valley Thunder: The Battle of New Market and the Opening of the Shenandoah Campaign, May 1864
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About the Author
Charles R. Knight is a native of Richmond, Virginia and a former Historical Interpreter at New Market Battlefield State Historical Park. He currently serves as Military Curator for the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh. Charlie has written articles for various Civil War and railroad mostrar mais publications, and is finishing his latest book, Robert E. Lee's Civil War A Day by Day Account, which will be published by Savas Beatie in 2019. He lives in Holly Springs, North Carolina with his wife Sara and their two children. mostrar menos
Obras por Charles R Knight
Valley Thunder: The Battle of New Market and the Opening of the Shenandoah Campaign, May 1864 (2010) 70 exemplares
The MacArthur Memorial 1 exemplar
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- Obras
- 3
- Membros
- 94
- Popularidade
- #199,202
- Avaliação
- 4.4
- Críticas
- 2
- ISBN
- 11
The outcome of the battle was determined primarily by the sluggishness of the Union commander, Franz Sigel. He was slow in moving his army to the battlefield, and even then did not move it as a unit; the first unit to engage was Augustus Moor’s ad hoc brigade. The last units of the army on the scene only arrived to cover the retreat. Sigel’s superior, General Grant, blamed him for the defeat — as did most of the members of his own army.
Author Knight, a former Historical Interpreter at the New Market Battlefield State Historical Park, has written a book that mostly supersedes William C. Davis’ otherwise excellent work of more than thirty years ago.… (mais)