General Wadsworth The Life And Wars Of Brevet

The first full biography of James S. Wadsworth--important Union general, prominent New York politician, and anti-slavery statesman.

Wayne Mahood has been a lifelong educator in the social sciences and history. He is a frequent contributor to Civil War magazines and the author of three previous books. He lives in Geneseo, New York.

Foreword by Hon. James W Symington	ix
Preface: James S. Wadsworth: A Complex of Contradictions	xi
Acknowledgments	xiv
1 "Into the Valley of the Shadow of Death"	1	(5)
2 "Aquila Non Captat Muscas"	6	(14)
3 "What Will Your Ambition Lead You to Do?"	20	(9)
4 "Never Forget What Is Due to Yourself & Family": James Samuel Comes of Age	29	(6)
5 "One of Those Restless Spirits"	35	(10)
6 "Intelligent Enterprize & Industry"	45	(8)
7 "My Obligations to My Country...Are Manifest"	53	(10)
8 "His Resolution to Take Military Service"	63	(12)
9 "Ability and Intention to Do Right": Wadsworth the Military Governor	75	(15)
10 The "Council of Military Pundits": Wadsworth Skirmishes in the Capital	90	(16)
11 "A Hero and a Statesman": Wadsworth the Gubernatorial Candidate	106	(11)
12 "Could Not Be Elected Governor,...So He Must Have a Place in the Army": Wadsworth the New Division Commander	117	(13)
13 "He'll Be Killed Before [the War] Closes": The War Takes a New Turn Under Hooker	130	(17)
14 "Close Up, Men, Close Up!": The Road to Gettysburg	147	(11)
15 "He Was of Venerable and Commanding Appearance": Morning at Gettysburg, July 1	158	(10)
16 "We Are Giving the Rebels Hell with These Guns": Afternoon at Gettysburg, July 1	168	(11)
17 "Still Full of Fight": Gettysburg, July 2 and 3	179	(10)
18 "Could the General Infuse His Own Courage"	189	(8)
19 "To Inspect Colored Troops...Camps, Posts": General Wadsworth Tours the Mississippi Valley	197	(12)
20 "General Wadsworth Now Returned to Assume Command"	209	(11)
21 "Find Out What Is in There": Wadsworth Enters the Wilderness	220	(17)
22 "My God, Colonel, Nobody Could Stop Him": The Wilderness, May 6, 1864	237	(14)
23 "Would Rather Have Lost...[a] Brigade": Wadsworth's Death	251	(11)
24 "His Example Still Lives to inspire"	262	(5)
Epilogue: Aquila Non Captat Muscas	267	(5)
Appendix A General Wadsworth's Command in Washington, March 1862	272	(2)
Appendix B Order of Funeral Procession, May 21, 1864	274	(1)
Appendix C The Elusive Field Glasses of General Wadsworth	275	(2)
Appendix D The Saga of the Wadsworth Monument at the Wilderness	277	(2)
Notes	279	(56)
Bibliography	335	(8)
Index	343

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