American Civil War Commanders (3)

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American Civil War Commanders (3) is written by Philip Katcher and published by Osprey Publishing. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1841763217 (ISBN 10) and 9781841763217 (ISBN 13).

Osrpey's examination 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 three of those were over 70 years of age and veterans of the Napoleonic period. About one in three of America's professional officers chose to serve the Confederacy, and the government's urgent need to find commanders for its vastly expanded army put stars on the shoulders of men of very varied backgrounds and talents. The trials of war would soon separate the born leaders from the over-promoted and the political opportunists. This second volume devoted to Union generals examines the careers and personalities of 25 commanders whose service was mainly, or at first, in the Western theater of war.