Publication

2001 - White Mane Books, Shippensburg, Pa, Pennsylvania

Language

English

Word Count

43,500 words, Guess

Page Count

174 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-101572492546
  • ISBN-139781572492547
  • Goodreads658602
  • Library of Congress Control Number2001017778
  • OCLC Control Number46240250
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Classifications

  • DDC973.7/3
  • LCCE470 .R67 2001

Description

"The careers of Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, and a number of other prominent Civil War generals were dramatically affected by unusual battlefield acoustics. Commanders who inadvertently placed themselves in an acoustic shadow ran the risk of letting victory slip away. Stranger still, battles inaudible to generals several miles from the fighting were sometimes heard clearly more than a hundred miles from the battlefield! Charles D. Ross examines the acoustics of six Civil War battles and the unusual role they played in determining command decisions, and inevitably, the outcome of the war."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Topics

NoiseBattlesHistoryGeneralsCampaignsSocial aspectsCommand of troops

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