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Like a meteor blazing brightly : the short but controversial life of Colonel Ulric Dahlgren /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wittenberg, Eric J., 1961-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Roseville, Minn. : Edinborough Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Dahlgren, Ulric, > 1842-1864.
Soldiers > United States > Biography.
United States. > Army > Officers > Biography.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Campaigns.
Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid, Va., 1864.
Gettysburg Campaign, 1863.
Table of Contents:
  • A boy's proud family legacy
  • Growing up in the nation's capital
  • The gathering storm
  • Ulric Dahlgren makes his mark
  • Ulric Dahlgren finds his niche
  • Dahlgren shows a talent for scouting missions
  • A dash into Fredericksburg
  • Campaigning with Burnside and Hooker
  • The Gettysburg Campaign : Ulric Dahlgren's finest hour
  • The slow road to recovery
  • An untimely end to a promising life and an unending controversy spawned
  • Ulric Dahlgren's final adventure
  • An incomplete life assessed
  • Appendix I: Were the Dahlgren papers authentic?
  • Appendix II: Present day maps.