A great historian examines Napoleon's failed invasion of Russia in 1812.

Dodge here vividly reconstructs every major battle of Alexander's brilliant military career.Theodore Ayrault Dodge (1842 - 1909) was an American officer and military historian.

The book not only delves into the events leading up to the battle and its aftermath but also analyzes the impact of key decisions made by prominent figures such as Confederate General Robert E. Lee and Union General Joseph Hooker.

As part of the Eleventh Corps-surprised and routed by "Stonewall" Jackson's celebrated flank attack-he participated in the battle's fiercest and costliest fighting. (Dodge would later lose a leg at Gettysburg.) This second 1886 edition of ...

Civil War historian Stephen W. Scars has edited Dodge's journal, offering a harrowing and vivid account of life - and death - in the Army of the Potomac during its most critical year."--BOOK JACKET.