William S. Rosecrans and the Union Victory: A Civil War Biography (David G. Moore - UA) Atkinson his brigade withstood the brunt

his brigade withstood the brunt of fighting where he was wounded three times

must—embrace to keep American united

whose unblinking stare still mesmerizes

a hopelessly by-the-book military instructor and devout Christian who becomes the greatest commander of the Civil War

had not relented in his pounding of the Confederates

William S. Rosecrans and the Union Victory: A Civil War Biography (David G. Moore - UA) Atkinson his brigade withstood the bruntWilliam S. Rosecrans and the Union Victory: A Civil War Biography by David G. Moore This is the first biography of Union General William S. Rosecrans in more than fifty years. It tells the story of his military successes and the important results that led to the Union victory in the Civil War: winning the first major campaign of the war in West Virginia in 1861; victories in northeastern Mississippi that made the Vicksburg Campaign possible; gaining