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General John H. Winder, C.S.A / Arch Fredric Blakey.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Gainesville : University of Florida Press, �1990.Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 275 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 081301865X
  • 9780813018652
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: General John H. Winder, C.S.A.DDC classification:
  • 973.7/13/092 B 20
LOC classification:
  • E467.1.W76 B47 1990eb
Online resources:
Contents:
The last day, 6 February 1865, Florence, South Carolina -- The fateful decision, January-May 1861, Baltimore -- A rebel in the making, May-June 1861 -- Confederate Brigadier, 1861 -- The formative years, 1814-1828 -- The emergence of a professional, 1828-1860 -- "Dictator" of Richmond, 1862-1864 -- Warden of Richmond, 1862-1864 -- The abyss, southern prisons, 1864-1865.
Summary: After almost forty years in the U.S. Army, Winder spent the last four years of his life as a Confederate brigadier general. His command of Richmond earned him the contempt of the Confederate civilians; and, as commandant of all Union prisoners, he became known to northerners as the "beast" of Andersonville. This is a study in military ethics, an examination of one man's attempt to do his duty without tarnishing his honor, and an account of his failures and their enduring consequences.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-266) and index.

After almost forty years in the U.S. Army, Winder spent the last four years of his life as a Confederate brigadier general. His command of Richmond earned him the contempt of the Confederate civilians; and, as commandant of all Union prisoners, he became known to northerners as the "beast" of Andersonville. This is a study in military ethics, an examination of one man's attempt to do his duty without tarnishing his honor, and an account of his failures and their enduring consequences.

The last day, 6 February 1865, Florence, South Carolina -- The fateful decision, January-May 1861, Baltimore -- A rebel in the making, May-June 1861 -- Confederate Brigadier, 1861 -- The formative years, 1814-1828 -- The emergence of a professional, 1828-1860 -- "Dictator" of Richmond, 1862-1864 -- Warden of Richmond, 1862-1864 -- The abyss, southern prisons, 1864-1865.

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