1. Creator/Author:
  2. Woodworth, Steven E. (2)

Jefferson Davis and his generals : the failure of Confederate command in the West /

Authors:
Woodworth, Steven E.
Item ID:
MQ14942
Publisher:
Lawrence, KS : University Press of Kansas, c1990.
ISBN:
0700604618 (alk. paper) :
Series:
Modern war studies; Modern war studies
Call Number:
E467.1.D26 W82 1990
Physical Description:
xv, 380 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Topic:
Generals -- Confederate States of America.
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 -- Military leadership.
Confederate States of America. Army -- History.
Mississippi River Valley -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-372) and index.; The man and the hour -- Organizing the Western theater -- Kentucky -- The coming of Albert Sidney Johnston -- The gateway to East Tennessee -- Collapse -- Shiloh -- The Gibraltar of the West -- Bragg moves north -- Unified command -- Winter of discontent -- The fall of Vicksburg -- The loss of Tennessee -- To Atlanta and beyond -- The Commander in Chief.; Examines the relationship of the Confederate generals with Jefferson Davis and each other, on and off the battlefield.; Book, cloth.
OCLC Number:
9206
Holding Institution:
Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Available for Viewing:
By appointment only
Category:
Books & Pamphlets