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My Dearest Lilla

Letters Home from Civil War General Jacob D. Cox

By: Gene Schmiel

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Letters Home from Civil War General Jacob D. Cox

By: Gene Schmiel

Most of the letters in this collection are to Cox's wife, Helen. This volume's editor, Gene Schmiel, wrote a well-regarded biography of Cox in 2014. In 2012, Schmiel was made aware that Oberlin College had a cache of letters that had been transcribed by Cox's great granddaughter, and the cache turned out to contain 213 letters written to his wife during the Civil War. Well-known for his incredibly detailed postwar writing about campaigns, Cox reveals himself in these letters as an ambitious, warmhearted, and concerned observer of the progress of the war. The letters reflect his service in the Maryland Campaign, Atlanta Campaign, and Franklin-Nashville Campaign"--

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My Dearest Lilla

Letters Home from Civil War General Jacob D. Cox

By: Gene Schmiel

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Letters Home from Civil War General Jacob D. Cox

By: Gene Schmiel

Jacob D. Cox experienced more facets of the Civil War than most officers: by land and sea, in both Western and Eastern Theaters, among the inner political circles of Ohio and Washington, DC, in territories hostile and friendly, amidst legal conflicts both civilian and military, and in the last campaigns in Tennessee and North Carolina. The Union general capitalized on his experience by penning his two-volume Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, one of the war’s finest memoirs and arguably the best by a nonprofessional soldier, as well as Atlanta and The Battle of Franklin, both definitive studies for nearly a century. In 2012, Gene Schmiel, Cox’s biographer, learned of a cache in the Oberlin College archives of 213 letters Cox wrote to his wife, Helen, during the war. Schmiel recognized these documents as a ready resource for Cox as he wrote his histories, and many stand as first drafts of Cox’s analyses of the military and sociopolitical events of the day. Helen Finney Cox (her husband affectionately referred to her as “Lilla”) was a mother of six and the daughter of Oberlin College president Charles Finney. These intimate and insightful wartime letters show both the fondness Cox had for his spouse and his respect for her as an intellectual equal. To Helen, the stoic, introverted statesman revealed—as he did to no one else—his inner thoughts and concerns, presenting observant, lucid, and informative reports and analyses of the war, his changing life, and his ambitions. This collection illustrates the life of a Gilded Age Renaissance man as he made the transition from untested soldier to respected general and statesman.

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1621907996

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The March to the Se

Franklin and Nashville

By: Jacob D. Cox

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The March to the Se

Franklin and Nashville

By: Jacob D. Cox

Jacob Dolson Cox (1828-1900) was a lawyer, a General of the Union Army during the Civil War, the 28th Governor of Ohio, and US Secretary of the Interior under President Grant.

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1434419835

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My Dearest Lilla

Letters Home from Civil War General Jacob D. Cox

By: Gene Schmiel

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Military Reminiscences of the Civil War

Volume 2

By: Jacob Dolson Cox

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Volume 2

By: Jacob Dolson Cox

Reproduction of the original: Military Reminiscences of the Civil War by Jacob Dolson Cox

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Atlanta

By: Jacob Dolson Cox

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Atlanta

By: Jacob Dolson Cox

Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.

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Sherman's Battle For Atlanta

By: General Jacob D. Cox

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Sherman's Battle For Atlanta

By: General Jacob D. Cox

In 1864 Abraham Lincoln had privately predicted his defeat in the impending election, but ten days later Atlanta fell, assuring his victory. General Jacob D. Cox (1828–1900) played a key role in the Union success at Atlanta, a city of profound strategic and political significance. At Kenesaw Mountain in June, his division seized a ridge opposite the Confederate left, allowing Sherman to flank the Confederates out of their prepared position; in late August Cox's men served the city's final rail line, forcing Hood's evacuation. It was Cox's self-professed qualities of "a bold heart, a cool hand, and practical common-sense" that later earned him the command of the entire Twenty-third Corps and the rank of major general. After the war, Cox applies those same attributes to his books, Sherman's Battle for Atlanta and Sherman's March to the Sea/two volumes in the landmark series Campaigns of the Civil War. In Atlanta Cox offers readers a compact, comprehensive, and balanced history of that campaign. William T. Sherman emerges as the primary hero of events, but he does not remain unscathed by Cox's evaluation. Cox's insightful chronicle of the campaign—from the performances of Generals Johnston's evasive maneuvers through Hood's three desperate attempts to dispel the Yankees to Sherman's triumphant telegram to Washington that "Atlanta is ours, and fairly won"—has endured the scrutiny of time.

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Da Capo Press

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030680588X

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Military Reminiscences of the Civil War

Volume 2

By: Jacob Dolson Cox

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By: Jacob Dolson Cox

Reproduction of the original: Military Reminiscences of the Civil War by Jacob Dolson Cox

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Military Reminiscences of the Civil War

Volume 1

By: Jacob Dolson Cox

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Reproduction of the original: Military Reminiscences of the Civil War by Jacob Dolson Cox

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Sherman's March To The Sea

By: General Jacob D. Cox

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By: General Jacob D. Cox

Often hailed as a stroke of military genius, General William T. Sherman's decision to divide his command and his subsequent, infamous march through the interior of Georgia to the Atlantic coast inaugurated the final phase of the war. General Jacob D. Cox (1828–1900) played key roles in most of the decisive actions that followed. Left with Generals Schofield and Thomas to delay Hood's advance, Cox led his men through the night and at Spring Hill; he supervised the construction of the fortifications that proved so effective against Hood's assaulting columns at Franklin; at Nashville his division joined the attack on the crucial Confederate position at Shy's Hill; and later he finished his service with Sherman in North Carolina. It was Cox's self-professed qualities of "a bold heart, a cool head, and practical common-sense" that subsequently earned him the command of the entire Twenty-third Corps and the rank of major general. After the war, Cox applied those same attributes to his books, Sherman's Battle for Atlanta, and Sherman's March to the Sea, two volumes in the landmark series Campaigns of the Civil War. If readers are seeking concise, astute, and balanced accounts of Sherman's march to the sea, the burning of Columbia, the bloody battles of Franklin and Nashville, the oft-overlooked assault on Fort Fisher (which sealed the Confederacy from Europe), and the surrender of Johnston's Army, Cox's single volume provides all the scope, detail, and color that these critical campaigns demand.

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0306805871

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Atlanta

By: Jacob Dolson Cox

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.

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Military Reminiscences of the Civil War -

By: Jacob Dolson

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By: Jacob Dolson

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

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My Dearest Lilla

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Sherman's Battle For Atlanta

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Atlanta

Atlanta

Military Reminiscences of the Civil War -

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