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Beschreibung
Union Generals of the Civil War, Volume Two. continues the study of the men who commanded the Union armies, covering generals whose surnames run from M through Z. This volume follows officers who fought in the war's largest campaigns, from the Army of the Potomac in Virginia to the western armies in Tennessee, Georgia, and the Carolinas. The book includes commanders such as George G. Meade, who took command of the Army of the Potomac only days before Gettysburg; William S. Rosecrans, whose campaigns reshaped the war in Middle Tennessee; Philip H. Sheridan, whose cavalry and infantry operations helped break Confederate resistance in the Shenandoah Valley and at Appomattox; William T. Sherman, who carried Union armies from Chattanooga to Atlanta and then across Georgia; and George H. Thomas, whose stand at Chickamauga and victory at Nashville made him one of the central figures of the western theater. The volume also examines controversial and less familiar officers whose careers reveal the complicated structure of Union command. Daniel Sickles, Franz Sigel, Fitz John Porter, Gouverneur K. Warren, Lew Wallace, Alfred Pleasonton, John Pope, Henry W. Slocum, James H. Wilson, Godfrey Weitzel, and many others appear not as simple names in a roster, but as commanders tested by battle, politics, rank disputes, staff work, logistics, and the demands of a war that grew larger each year. Each article traces a general's Civil War service through the campaigns, battles, commands, failures, and decisions that shaped his record. Together, these biographies show how Union generalship developed from the uncertain command structure of 1861 into the coordinated armies that fought through Gettysburg, Vicksburg, Chattanooga, Atlanta, Nashville, Petersburg, Five Forks, Sailor's Creek, and Appomattox. This volume is written for readers who want more than a brief encyclopedia entry. It gives clear narrative accounts of what each general did, where he served, how his command functioned, and how his battlefield record developed across the war.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Nelson McKeeby
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2026
Format
- Buch (Softcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 436