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West Pointers and the Civil War : the old army in war and peace
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West Pointers and the Civil War : the old army in war and peace / Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh.
ISBN
9780807832783 (cloth : alk. paper)
0807832782 (cloth : alk. paper)
Published
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2009.
Physical Description
xiii, 285 p. : ill., plans ; 25 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 25, 2009
Series
Civil War America
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Colonials, continentals, and federals : the origins of American military professionalism
Tactical expertise and the U.S. Army before the war with Mexico
The old army's vindication : the Mexican war
Tactical continuity in the decade before the Civil War
The beginning of the end : the old army on the precipice
War in earnest : the first battles of 1861
The Peninsula : Lee and McClellan leave their legacies
Morale, cohesion, and competence from Second Bull Run to Missionary Ridge
Decisions east and west : the end of the Civil War.
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