The wrong kind of general: the resignation of union brigadier general William W. Burns
This study examines the career of Union Brigadier General William Wallace Burns, focusing on the circumstances surrounding his mysterious resignation of his volunteer rank in March 1863, at the height of the Civil War. General Burns, a rising star in the Army of the Potomac, seemingly assured of rap...
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Texas A&M University
2005
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/2351 |