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From Union Stars to Top Hat: A Biography of the Extraordinary General James Harrison Wilson
From Union Stars to Top Hat A Biography of the Extraordinary General James Harrison Wilson
Author: Edward G. Longacre
Tells for the first time the whole story of the military and civilian careers of James Harrison Wilson, who "drove the rascals out" wherever he found them, but never routed his worst personal enemy -- himself." Biography of this West Point graduate and Union Army General.
ISBN-13: 9780811706971
ISBN-10: 0811706974
Publication Date: 1972
Pages: 320
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Publisher: Stackpole Books
Book Type: Unknown Binding
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Very objective biography about one of the major Union Army cavalry leaders of the American Civil War. The author relates how Wilson's natural abilities to lead and learn developed his command skills. On the other hand, Wilson's ego and unwillingness to admit he might be wrong kept him from attaining the life-long prominence he so craved.

Still, Wilson contributed significantly to winning the war, winning the peace and figure prominently in many other endeavors to which he dedicated himself in later life.


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