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Citizen-General - Jacob Dolson Cox and the Civil War Era (Paperback)
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Citizen-General - Jacob Dolson Cox and the Civil War Era (Paperback)
Series: War and Society in North America
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A History Book Club Reading Selection The wrenching events of the
Civil War transformed not only the United States but also the men
unexpectedly called on to lead their fellow citizens in this first
modern example of total war. Jacob Dolson Cox, a former divinity
student with no formal military training, was among those who rose
to the challenge. In a conflict in which "political generals" often
proved less than competent, Cox, the consummate citizen general,
emerged as one of the best commanders in the Union army. During his
school days at Oberlin College, no one could have predicted that
the intellectual, reserved, and bookish Cox possessed what he
called in his writings the "military aptitude" to lead men
effectively in war. His military career included helping secure
West Virginia for the Union; jointly commanding the left wing of
the Union army at the critical Battle of Antietam; breaking the
Confederate supply line and thereby precipitating the fall of
Atlanta; and holding the defensive line at the Battle of Franklin,
a Union victory that effectively ended the Confederate threat in
the West. At a time when there were few professional schools other
than West Point, the self-made man was the standard for success;
true to that mode, Cox fashioned himself into a Renaissance man. In
each of his vocations and avocations-general, governor, cabinet
secretary, university president, law school dean, railroad
president, historian, and scientist-he was recognized as a leader.
Cox's greatest fame, however, came to him as the foremost
participant historian of the Civil War. His accounts of the
conflict are to this day cited by serious scholars and serve as a
foundation for the interpretation of many aspects of the war.
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