Article Title

The War within the Union High Command: Politics and Generalship During the Civil War

Authors

Lesley J. Gordon

ISBN

700612637

Price

$34.95

Publisher

University Press of Kansas

Abstract

Elite vs. amateur

West Point and the Commons

The study of Civil War generalship has gotten a bit stale. Many historians and buffs keep asking the same familiar questions: Did the South have better military leaders? Why did it take so long for the Union to find competent commande....

Recommended Citation

Gordon, Lesley J. (2004) "The War within the Union High Command: Politics and Generalship During the Civil War," Civil War Book Review: Vol. 6 : Iss. 3 .
Available at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cwbr/vol6/iss3/31