Grant's Secret Service
The Intelligence War from Belmont to Appomattox
1st Edition
Published on 1. April 2002
330 pages
978-0-8032-0249-8 (ISBN)
Description
William B. Feis offers us the first scholarly examination of the use of military intelligence under Ulysses S. Grant's command during the Civil War. Feis makes the new and provocative argument that Grant's use of the Army of the Potomac's Bureau of Military Information played a significant role in Lee's defeat. Feis's work articulately rebuts accusations by Grant's detractors that his battlefield successes involved little more than the bludgeoning of an undermanned and outgunned opponent.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Lincoln
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illus., Maps
File size
5,60 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-8032-0249-8 (9780803202498)
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Other editions
Additional editions
Book
04/2004
University of Nebraska Press
€37.35
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Book
04/2002
University of Nebraska Press
€60.92
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Person
William B. Feis is an associate professor of history at Buena Vista University.
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- List of Maps
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: "He Don't Care a Damn for What the Enemy Does Out of His Sight
- 1. "My Means of Information Are Certainly Better Than ... Most
- 2. "I Always Try to Keep Myself Posted
- 3. "You Will Soon Hear if My Presentiment is Realized
- 4. "There Will Be No Fight at Pittsburg Landing
- 5. "With All the Vigilance I Can Bring to Bear I Cannot Determine the Objects of the Enemy
- 6. "I Have Reliable Information from the Entire Interior of the South
- 7. "What Force the Enemy Have ... I Have No Means of Judging Accurately
- 8. "That Gives Just the Information I Wanted
- 9. "Is It Not Certain That Early Has Returned?
- 10. "He Could Not Send Off Any Large Body without My Knowing It
- Epilogue: "The Difference in War Is Full Twenty Five Per Cent
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
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