Civil War Leadership and Mexican War Experience.

Civil War Leadership and Mexican War Experience.

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A great many commanders in the American Civil War (1861-1865) served in the Mexican War (1846-1848). Civil War Leadership and Mexican War Experience explores the influence of the earlier war on those men who would become leaders of Federal and Confederate forces. Military historian Kevin Dougherty s...

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Author / Creator: Dougherty, Kevin.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Imprint: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2007.
Subjects:
United States. > Army > Biography.
Confederate States of America. > Army > Biography.
Generals > United States > Biography.
Generals > Confederate States of America > Biography.
Command of troops > Case studies.
Mexican War, 1846-1848 > Influence.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Biography.
Electronic books.
Local Note:Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Patterns of the Military Profession
  • PART ONE. THE FEDERALS
  • George McClellan and Siege Warfare
  • Ulysses S. Grant and Logistical Risk
  • Philip Kearny and Reckless Courage
  • Samuel Du Pont and the Naval Blockade
  • Winfield Scott and the Changing Nature of Warfare
  • John Pope and the Influence of Zachary Taylor
  • George Meade and Missed Opportunity
  • Jefferson Davis and the Bad Example
  • Joe Hooker and the Administrative Side
  • William Sherman and Room to Grow
  • Henry Halleck and the Military Executive
  • Henry Hunt and the Organization of Artillery
  • George Thomas and the Rock
  • PART TWO. THE CONFEDERATES
  • Robert E. Lee and Turning Movements Based on Reconnaissance
  • Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard and the Exception that Proves the Rule
  • Jefferson Davis and Misplaced Confidence
  • Braxton Bragg and Jefferson Davis
  • John Winder and Wartime Governance
  • John Slidell and Doomed Diplomacy
  • Gideon Pillow and Political Generals
  • Stonewall Jackson and the Role of Artillery
  • James Longstreet and the Changed Mind?
  • George Pickett and the Quest for Glory
  • John Pemberton and Inflexibility
  • A. P. Hill and the Tendency to Criticize
  • Lewis Armistead and Comrades Becoming Enemies
  • Summary of Lessons Learned
  • APPENDIXES
  • A. Federal Civil War Generals Who Also Served in the Mexican War
  • B. Confederate Civil War Generals Who Also Served in the Mexican War
  • Works Cited
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • V
  • W
  • Y.

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