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Corps Commanders in Blue - Union Major Generals in the Civil War (Hardcover)
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Corps Commanders in Blue - Union Major Generals in the Civil War (Hardcover)
Series: Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War
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The outcomes of campaigns in the Civil War often depended on top
generals having the right corps commanders in the right place at
the right time. Mutual trust and respect between generals and their
corps commanders, though vital to military success, was all too
rare: Corps commanders were often forced to exercise considerable
discretion in the execution of orders from their generals, and
bitter public arguments over commanders' performances in battle
followed hard on the heels of many major engagements. Controversies
that arose during the war around the decisions of corps and army
commanders-such as Daniel Sickles's disregard of George Meade's
orders at the Battle of Gettysburg-continue to provoke vigorous
debate among students of the Civil War. Corps Commanders in Blue
offers eight case studies that illuminate the critical roles the
Union corps commanders played in shaping the war's course and
outcome. The contributors examine, and in many cases challenge,
widespread assumptions about these men while considering the array
of internal and external forces that shaped their efforts on and
off the battlefield. Providing insight into the military conduct of
the Civil War, Corps Commanders in Blue fills a significant gap in
the historiography of the war by offering compelling examinations
of the challenges of corps command in particular campaigns, the men
who exercised that command, and the array of factors that shaped
their efforts, for good or for ill.
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