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Lesley J. Gordon

Author of General George E. Pickett in Life and Legend

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Works by Lesley J. Gordon

General George E. Pickett in Life and Legend (1998) 57 copies

Intimate Strategies of the Civil War: Military Commanders and Their Wives (2001) — Editor — 53 copies

This Terrible War: The Civil War and its Aftermath (2002) 45 copies

A Broken Regiment: The 16th Connecticut's Civil War (Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War) (2014) 18 copies

Inside the Confederate nation : essays in honor of Emory M. Thomas (2005) — Editor; Contributor — 17 copies

American Discord: The Republic and Its People in the Civil War Era (Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American… (2020) 4 copies

"I Never Was a Coward": Questions of Bravery in a Civil War Regiment (2005) 1 copy

Associated Works

The Antietam Campaign (1999) — Contributor — 96 copies

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Gender: female
Nationality: USA
Organizations: University of Akron
Short biography: Lesley J. Gordon is a member of the Department of History at the University of Akron (Ohio). She is co-editor and coauthor of Intimate Strategies : Marriages of the Civil War and a contributor to various journals and volumes of essays. [adapted from The Myth of the Lost Cause and Civil War History (2000)]

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Works: 7
Also by: 1
Members: 195
Popularity: #112,377
Rating: 3.8

ISBNs: 25

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