ISBN: 1572330473

Arthur Carter brings new perspective to Confederate knight-errant Earl Van Dorn, who might have been famous rather than infamous had he lived. . . . Carter suggests how Van Dorn the caval… Mehr…

Arthur Carter brings new perspective to Confederate knight-errant Earl Van Dorn, who might have been famous rather than infamous had he lived. . . . Carter suggests how Van Dorn the cavalryman could have joined mounted leaders Forrest, Morgan, and Wheeler as raiders-superb and mainstay of Confederate success in the West. Except for one costly peccadillo, Van Dorn would have been one of the South's rising rather than falling stars."--Benjamin Franklin Cooling, Author of Fort Donelson's Legacy Dashing, bold, and fearless in command, Major General Earl Van Dorn was a soldier whose star shone brightly during the early days of the Confederacy. A veteran of the Mexican War and Indian campaigns, he is remembered for suffering devastating defeats while leading armies at Pea Ridge and Corinth and then redeeming himself as a cavalry commander at Holly Springs and Thompson Station. Yet he was perhaps best known for his reputation as a womanizer killed by an irate husband at the height of his career. Arthur B. Carter's biography of Van Dorn, the first in three decades, draws on previously unpublished sources regarding the general's affair with Martha Goodbread--which resulted in three children--and his liaison with Jessica Peters, which resulted in his death. This new material, unknown to previous biographers, includes the revelation that the true circumstances of Van Dorn's death were kept secret by friends and comrades in order to protect his family. Carter reveals that the general wa biographical,biographies,biographies and history,biography and history Biographies, University of Tennessee Press<

1999, ISBN: 1572330473

[EAN: 9781572330474], [PU: The University of Tennessee Press (Knoxville, 1989) first edition], MAJOR GENERAL VAN DORN, AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, Major General Earl Van Dorn. C. S. A. 9.25" x 6"… Mehr…

[EAN: 9781572330474], [PU: The University of Tennessee Press (Knoxville, 1989) first edition], MAJOR GENERAL VAN DORN, AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, Major General Earl Van Dorn. C. S. A. 9.25" x 6", grey cloth hardcover, red titles to spine, aquamarine eps, frontis portrait, pp. [i - xiii] xiv, [1] 2 - 247 incl. index, illustrated by b & w photographs & maps. 1989 first edition, book and protected dw both as-new., Books<