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Robert Underwood Johnson (1853–1937)

Autor(a) de Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Volume 1: From Sumter to Shiloh

31+ Works 1,372 Membros 7 Reviews

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Obras de Robert Underwood Johnson

Battles and Leaders of the Civil War (4-volume set) (1887) — Editor — 178 cópias

Associated Works

Blood Brothers: A Short History of the Civil War (1992) — Ilustrador, algumas edições38 cópias

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Conhecimento Comum

Nome de batismo
Johnson, Robert Underwood
Outros nomes
Johnson, Robert U.
Data de nascimento
1853-01-12
Data de falecimento
1937-10-14
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
USA
Local de nascimento
Washington, D.C., USA
Locais de residência
Washington, D.C., USA
Ocupação
diplomat
writer

Membros

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Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1923, Frist Edition. Hardcover, 8vo. Green cloth boards with front gilt inscribed name of author, xxi, 624pp. Frontispiece engraving of Robert Johnson, 34 B/W photographs & illustrations.

This is the autobiography of the American poet, author, editor & diplomat Robert Underwood Johnson (1853-1937). Johnson was editor of The Century Magazine for 40 years and associated with Scribner’s Monthly, He was an early advocate of international copyright law (for which he was honored by the French & Italian Governments), prompted Ulysses S. Grant to write his memoirs, helped establish the Keats Museum in Rome and became US Ambassador to Italy. Insights are penned on the Civil War, Gen. Grant's last days & his memoir work, which the author helped edit. Friendships with Mark Twain, Walt Whitman, John Muir, John Burroughs & other notables are portrayed. Among his many achievements, he was a dear compatriot of John Muir & together were key in establishing Yosemite as a National Park, his most enduring accomplishment, & became a vital forest conservation champion thru Muir's profound insight, as well described.… (mais)
 
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lazysky | Dec 10, 2021 |
Have owned this book since the mid 70's. Most recently read the sections on:

Antietam esp Jacob Cox. Found Longstreet's article rather useless.

Seven Day's Fighting esp DH Hill, Wm Franklin and Fitx John Porter x 2

Jackson in Shenandoah Valley section was quite interesting
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delta351 | 1 outra resenha | Nov 16, 2021 |
My favorite articles so far :
the Lew Wallace piece on Ft Donelson. Excellent details on the tactical situation during the battle. He really knows how to turn a phrase.

Col Snead paper on the first year of the war in Missouri. He is quite the clever writer, and seems to have good insight into the on the ground situation. I was pleasantly surprised. Lots of wisdom about major players at the time.

Article by BG Imboden was very informative regarding artillery. esp sizes of guns and results of firing.

Read the article by Albert Sidney Johnson's son, found it very biased but gave some good insight into the battle of Shiloh.
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delta351 | 1 outra resenha | Sep 7, 2021 |
The Chronology gets much more scattered in this volume, that also contains a useful index for all four volumes. By now we see this book as a classic of military publication, a very democratic exercise as every famous general got to speak their piece, sometimes creating exercises in politicking and revisionism. Therefore it is an artifact in itself rather than a book of analysis. But a very interesting series to analyse as parts of it are still open to lively debate to this day. Read but keep your antennae out, as there are many traps to fall into.… (mais)
 
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DinadansFriend | Jul 27, 2015 |

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Avaliação
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Resenhas
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