General Hylan B. Lyon : a Kentucky Confederate and the war in the West /
This biography of a Kentucky-born general who joined the Confederacy covers Lyon's prewar career as a sixteen-year-old graduate of West Point, his joining of the Confederacy at the outset of the war, his capture after Fort Donelson, his service with Pemberton and Van Dorn during the Vicksburg C...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Knoxville :
University of Tennessee Press,
[2019]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | This biography of a Kentucky-born general who joined the Confederacy covers Lyon's prewar career as a sixteen-year-old graduate of West Point, his joining of the Confederacy at the outset of the war, his capture after Fort Donelson, his service with Pemberton and Van Dorn during the Vicksburg Campaign, and his later participation in the siege of Knoxville, the Battle of Chattanooga and the Battle of Nashville. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 280 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781621904878 1621904873 |