Format:
Online-Ressource (xiii, 285 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780807832783
Series Statement:
Civil War America
Content:
Most Civil War generals were graduates of West Point, and many of them helped transform the US Army from what was little better than an armed mob that performed poorly during the War of 1812 into the competent fighting force that won the Mexican War. This title offers a portrait of the American army from 1814 to the end of the Civil War
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Contents; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE: Colonials, Continentals, and Federals: The Origins of American Military Professionalism; CHAPTER TWO: Tactical Expertise and the U.S. Army before the War with Mexico; CHAPTER THREE: The Old Army's Vindication: The Mexican War; CHAPTER FOUR: Tactical Continuity in the Decade before the Civil War; CHAPTER FIVE: The Beginning of the End: The Old Army on the Precipice; CHAPTER SIX: War in Earnest: The First Battles of 1861; CHAPTER SEVEN: The Peninsula: Lee and McClellan Leave Their Legacies
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CHAPTER EIGHT: Morale, Cohesion, and Competence from Second Bull Run to Missionary RidgeCHAPTER NINE: Decisions East and West: The End of the Civil War; EPILOGUE; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780807832783
Additional Edition:
Print version West Pointers and the Civil War : The Old Army in War and Peace
Language:
English
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