West Pointers and the Civil War

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West Pointers and the Civil War is written by Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0807898562 (ISBN 10) and 9780807898567 (ISBN 13).

Most Civil War generals were graduates of West Point, and many of them helped transform the U.S. 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. Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh demonstrates how the "old army" transformed itself into a professional military force after 1814, and, more important, how "old army" methods profoundly shaped the conduct of the Civil War.