Lee's Aide-de-Camp

Lee's Aide-de-Camp
Title Lee's Aide-de-Camp PDF eBook
Author Charles Marshall
Publisher U of Nebraska Press
Pages 386
Release 2000-01-01
Genre History
ISBN 9780803282629

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Charles Marshall was appointed aide-de-camp to Robert E. Lee on 21 March 1862, and from then until the surrender, he stood at the general?s side. A military secretary, he compiled a remarkable, intimate account of the day-to-day wartime experience of the Confederacy?s most celebrated--and enigmatic--military figure. Marshall?s papers are of three sorts: those intended for a projected life of Lee, those intended for an account of the campaign at Gettysburg, and notes on events of the war. Collected here, these papers provide a unique firsthand look at Lee?s generalship?from the most complete account ever given of the fateful orders issued to Jeb Stuart at Gettysburg, to the only testimony from a Southern witness of the scene in McLean?s house at Appomattox. Marshall?s commentary addresses some of the war?s more intriguing questions: Whose idea was it to fight the second Manassas? What caused Jackson?s delays in the Battles of the Seven Days? Who devised the flank march around Hooker at Chancellorsville? This book?s insights into Robert E. Lee and his military strategy and its close-up report on the Confederacy?s war qualify it as an indispensable part of America?s historical record.

Memoirs of an Aide-de-Camp of Napoleon, 1800-1812

Memoirs of an Aide-de-Camp of Napoleon, 1800-1812
Title Memoirs of an Aide-de-Camp of Napoleon, 1800-1812 PDF eBook
Author Philip De Segur
Publisher Nonsuch Publishing, Limited
Pages 380
Release 2005
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 9781845880057

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This is a highly personal account of the author’s experiences in the army of Napoleon. The account starts with the author at the age of 19, and without having chosen a career, being inspired to join the cavalry after seeing a regiment of dragoons marching in Paris in 1800. The narrative traces the author’s remarkable rise through the ranks and his experiences under the command of Napoleon. The focus of the book is on military encounters, recording de Ségur’s involvement in the key battles that were to make France the dominant power of Europe in the early 19th century. Yet it is the personal details, such as Napoleon’s reaction to the tomb of Frederick the Great, discussions between Napoleon and his officers, and the author’s experiences away from the battlefield, which make this work a compelling and unique narrative of such an important period in European history.

An Aide-de-camp of Napoleon

An Aide-de-camp of Napoleon
Title An Aide-de-camp of Napoleon PDF eBook
Author Philippe-Paul comte de Ségur
Publisher London : Hutchinson
Pages 512
Release 1895
Genre France
ISBN

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The Aide-de-camp Or Staff Officer's Assistant

The Aide-de-camp Or Staff Officer's Assistant
Title The Aide-de-camp Or Staff Officer's Assistant PDF eBook
Author
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Pages 156
Release 1805
Genre
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The Aide-De-Camp

The Aide-De-Camp
Title The Aide-De-Camp PDF eBook
Author James D. McCabe Jr.
Publisher Jazzybee Verlag
Pages 147
Release 2014-04-07
Genre Fiction
ISBN 3849643751

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The romance of "The Aid-De-Camp" was written during the fall of 1862, more for the purpose of beguiling a season of weariness than with the expectation of presenting it to the public. It was originally published in "The Magnolia Weekly" and turned out to be the greatest success of its author and one of the most prominent belles-lettres of that time.

An Aide-de-camp's Recollections of Service in China

An Aide-de-camp's Recollections of Service in China
Title An Aide-de-camp's Recollections of Service in China PDF eBook
Author Sir Arthur Augustus Thurlow Cunynghame
Publisher
Pages 356
Release 1844
Genre China
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An Aide-de-Camp's Recollections of Service in China

An Aide-de-Camp's Recollections of Service in China
Title An Aide-de-Camp's Recollections of Service in China PDF eBook
Author Arthur Cunynghame
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 353
Release 2012-04-26
Genre History
ISBN 1108045588

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This two-volume 1844 work contains the memoirs of Captain Arthur Cunynghame's two years travelling in China as an aide-de-camp.