West Pointers and the Civil War : THE OLD ARMY IN WAR AND PEACE /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hsieh, Wayne Wei-siang (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2009 ©2009
Series:	Civil War America
Subjects:	United States. > Army > History > 19th century United States Military Academy > Alumni and alumnae > Biography Military art and science > United States > History > 19th century Mexican War, 1846-1848 > Campaigns Generals > United States > History > 19th century United States > History, Military > To 1900 United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Campaigns
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Table of 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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