Download or read book Letter of the Secretary of War Transmitting Report on the Organization of the Army of the Potomac written by George Brinton McClellan and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The War of the Rebellion written by United States. War Department and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 836 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Official records produced by the armies of the United States and the Confederacy, and the executive branches of their respective governments, concerning the military operations of the Civil War, and prisoners of war or prisoners of state. Also annual reports of military departments, calls for troops, correspondence between national and state governments, correspondence between Union and Confederate officials. The final volume includes a synopsis, general index, special index for various military divisions, and background information on how these documents were collected and published. Accompanied by an atlas.

Download or read book The War of the Rebellion written by United States. War Dept and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 1116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Teacher of Civil War Generals written by Allen H. Mesch and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From West Point to Fort Donelson, General Charles Ferguson Smith was a soldier's soldier. He served at the U.S. Military Academy from 1829 to 1842 as Instructor of Tactics, Adjutant to the Superintendent and Commandant of Cadets. During his 42-year career he was a teacher, mentor and role model for many cadets who became prominent Civil War generals, and he was admired by such former students as Grant, Halleck, Longstreet and Sherman. Smith set an example for junior officers in the Mexican War, leading his light battalion to victories and earning three field promotions. He served with Albert Sidney Johnston and other future Confederate officers in the Mormon War. He mentored Grant while serving with him during the Civil War, and helped turn the tide at Fort Donelson, which led to Grant's rise to fame. He attained the rank of major general, while refusing political favors and ignoring the press. Drawing on never before published letters and journals, this long overdue biography reveals Smith as a faithful officer, excellent disciplinarian, able commander and modest gentleman.

Download or read book House documents written by and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 1124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The War of the rebellion a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies prepared by R N Scott and others 4 ser 69 vols in 127 pt Additions and corrections dated 1902 have been inserted in the vols With Ser 1 Index to battles campaigns etc written by United States dept. of war and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 1114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Letters to Major General H W Halleck 1862 written by George Brinton McClellan and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Letter, 1862 Jan. 3, Headquarters of the Army, Washington, D.C. McClellan writes to Halleck, who is then the commander of the Army in Missouri, requesting that he send troops into western Kentucky. -- Letter, 1862 Jan. 13, Head Qts. of the Army, Washington. McClellan writes responding to a telegram from Halleck of Jan 10th and again requesting information on the troops Halleck might send and on information of Confederate Army. -- Photograph (carte de visite) of McClellan in uniform of major general. New York: E. & H.T. Anthony, [1861?], signed.

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Download or read book Planting the Union Flag in Texas written by Stephen A. Dupree and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2008-01-29 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Appointed by President Lincoln to command the Gulf Department in November 1862, Nathaniel Prentice Banks was given three assignments, one of which was to occupy some point in Texas. He was told that when he united his army with Grant’s, he would assume command of both. Banks, then, had the opportunity to become the leading general in the West—perhaps the most important general in the war. But he squandered what successes he had, never rendezvoused with Grant’s army, and ultimately orchestrated some of the greatest military blunders of the war. “Banks’s faults as a general,” writes author Stephen A. Dupree, “were legion.” The originality of Planting the Union Flag in Texas lies not just in the author’s description of the battles and campaigns Banks led, nor in his recognition of the character traits that underlay Banks’s decisions. Rather, it lies in how Dupree synthesizes his studies of Banks’s various actions during his tour of duty in and near Texas to help the reader understand them as a unified campaign. He skillfully weaves together Banks’s various attempts to gain Union control of Texas with his other activities and shines the light of Banks’s character on the resulting events to help explain both their potential and their shortcomings. In the end, readers will have a holistic understanding of Banks’s “appalling” failure to win Texas and may even be led to ask how the post–Civil War era might have been different had he been successful. This fine study will appeal to Civil War buffs and fans of military and Texas history.

Download or read book The Art of Command written by Harry S. Laver and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2017-12-08 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What essential leadership lessons do we learn by distilling the actions and ideas of great military commanders such as George Washington, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Colin Powell? The Art of Command demonstrates that great leaders become great through a commitment not only to develop vital skills but also to surmount personal shortcomings. In the second edition of this classic resource, Harry S. Laver, Jeffrey J. Matthews, and the other contributing authors identify eleven core characteristics of highly effective leaders, such as integrity, determination, vision, and charisma, and eleven significant figures in American military history who embody those qualities. Featuring new chapters on transitional leadership, innovative leadership, and authentic leadership, this insightful book offers valuable perspectives on the art of military command in American history.

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