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No place for glory : Major General Robert E. Rodes and the Confederate defeat at Gettysburg

Title: No place for glory : Major General Robert E. Rodes and the Confederate defeat at Gettysburg / Robert J. Wynstra.
Author: Wynstra, Robert J.
Publication: Kent, Ohio : The Kent State University Press, [2021]

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Description

xvii, 290 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm.

Summary

"Over the years, many top historians have cited Major General Robert E. Rodes as the best division commander in Robert E. Lee's vaunted army. Despite those accolades, Rodes faltered badly at Gettysburg, which stands as the only major blemish on his otherwise sterling record. Although his subordinates were guilty of significant blunders, Rodes shared the blame for the disjointed attack that led to the destruction of Alfred Iverson's brigade on the first day of the battle. His lack of initiative on the following day was regarded by some in the army as much worse. Whether justified or not, they directly faulted him for not supporting Jubal Early's division in a night attack on Cemetery Hill that nearly succeeded in decisively turning the enemy's flank. The reasons behind Rodes's flawed performance at Gettysburg have long proven difficult to decipher with any certainty. Because his personal papers were destroyed, primary sources on his role in battle remain sparse. Other than the official reports on the battle, the record of what occurred there is mostly limited to the letters and diaries of his subordinates. In this new study, however, Robert J. Wynstra draws on sources heretofore unexamined, including rare soldiers' letters published in local newspapers and other firsthand accounts located in small historical societies, to shed light on the reasons behind Rodes's missteps"--

Series Statement

Civil war soldiers and strategies

Uniform Title

Civil War soldiers and strategies.

Alternative Title

Major General Robert E. Rodes and the Confederate defeat at Gettysburg

Subject

Genre/Form

Biographies.
History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-280) and index.

Contents

"Everything ahead Looks Like War" -- "A Perfect Triumphal March" -- "We Are Brought in Hearing of Artillery" -- "The Yankes Crossed Fired on Us a Good While" -- "I Never Saw Troops So Scattered" -- "For a Few Minutes the Fighting Was Terrific" -- "We Charged Right over Them" -- "It Was Then Too Late" -- "A Day None Will Forget" -- "The Place Was Thronged with Rebels" -- "The Night Was Hideous in the Extreme" -- "So High That We Cannot Cross" -- Epilogue: "The Whole Army Mourned His Death."

Call Number

JFE 21-8190

ISBN

9781606354100
1606354108

LCCN

2021005715
40030520720

OCLC

1197847850

Author

Wynstra, Robert J., author.

Title

No place for glory : Major General Robert E. Rodes and the Confederate defeat at Gettysburg / Robert J. Wynstra.

Publisher

Kent, Ohio : The Kent State University Press, [2021]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Civil war soldiers and strategies

Civil War soldiers and strategies.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-280) and index.

Chronological Term

1861-1865

Other Standard Identifier

40030520720

Research Call Number

JFE 21-8190

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