| Civil War High Commands Contributor(s): Eicher, John H. (Author), Eicher, David J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0804736413 ISBN-13: 9780804736411 Publisher: Stanford University Press OUR PRICE: $104.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 2002 Annotation: " Here is the reference work that Civil War historians have been waiting for. All arguments and confusion about full vs. brevet rank, seniority, jurisdiction, and dozens of other matters concerning military commanders and civilian officials in the Union and Confederacy are cleared up in this volume, which would have been as useful to Civil War contemporaries, if it had existed then, as it will be to modern students of the war." -- James M. McPherson, Professor of History, Princeton University, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era " It is difficult to imagine the staggering amount of research that must have gone into the creation of this highly valuable reference work. All students of the military side of the Civil War, and especially those interested in the organizational structures and leading figures of the Union and Confederate high commands, should keep this volume near at hand." -- Gary W. Gallagher, Nau Professor of History, University of Virginia |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) |
| Dewey: 973.713 |
| LCCN: 2001020194 |
| Physical Information: 2.13" H x 8.5" W x 11" (5.84 lbs) 1040 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Based on nearly five decades of research, this magisterial work is a biographical register and analysis of the 3,396 people who most directly influenced the course of the Civil War, its high commanders: presidents and cabinet members, state governors, general officers of the Union and Confederate armies, and admirals and commodores of the two navies. |