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Gettysburg requiem : the life and lost causes of Confederate Colonel William C. Oates /

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William C. Oates is best remembered as the Confederate officer defeated at Gettysburg's Little Round Top, losing a golden opportunity to win the battle. This biography of Oates talks about the compelling and sometimes astonishing dimensions of this remarkable individual.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: LaFantasie, Glenn W.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Subjects:
Oates, William C. > (William Calvin), > 1835-1910.
Confederate States of America. > Army > Biography.
Confederate States of America. > Army. > Alabama Infantry Regiment, 15th.
Oates, William C. > (William Calvin), > 1835-1910
Confederate States of America. > Army
Confederate States of America. > Army. > Alabama Infantry Regiment, 15th
Soldiers > Confederate States of America > Biography.
Governors > Alabama > Biography.
Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Campaigns.
Gouverneurs > Alabama > Biographies.
Bataille de Gettysburg, Gettysburg, Penns., 1863.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Campagnes et batailles.
Governors
Military campaigns
Soldiers
Alabama
Pennsylvania > Gettysburg
United States
United States > Confederate States of America
1861-1865
Electronic books.
Biographies
History
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Description
Summary:William C. Oates is best remembered as the Confederate officer defeated at Gettysburg's Little Round Top, losing a golden opportunity to win the battle. This biography of Oates talks about the compelling and sometimes astonishing dimensions of this remarkable individual.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199851515
0199851514