American Civil War Commanders (1)
Union Leaders in the East
American Civil War Commanders (1)
Union Leaders in the East
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Description
Osprey's study of the commanders of the American Civil War (1861-1865). When the War Between the States broke out in 1861, the US Army had only four line generals - and only one of them was not a septuagenarian veteran of the War of 1812. With about one-third of all professional officers choosing to offer their swords to the South, the government's urgent need to find commanders for the vastly expanded Federal army put generals' stars on the shoulders of men of very varied backgrounds and talents. In time the shock of war would separate the born leaders from the over-promoted and the political opportunists. This first of four volumes examines the careers and often colorful personalities of nearly 30 Union generals whose service was mainly in the Eastern theater of war.
Table of Contents
Ambrose Burnside
Benjamin Butler
Joshua Chamberlain
Darius Couch
George Custer
John Gibbon
Winfield Hancock
Andrew Humphreys
Henry Hunt
Philip Kearn
George McClellan
Irwin McDowell
George Meade
John Pope
John Reynolds
John Ricketts
Winfield Scott
John Sedgwick
Philip Sheridan
Daniel Sickles
William Smith
Edwin Sumner
Emory Upton
Product details
| Published | Apr 25 2002 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 64 |
| ISBN | 9781841763200 |
| Imprint | Osprey Publishing |
| Illustrations | 48 b/w; 10 col |
| Dimensions | 248 x 184 mm |
| Series | Elite |
| Short code | ELI 73 |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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