num_pages: 222
description: Richard McMurry compares the two largest Confederate armies, assessing why Lee's Army of Northern Virginia was more successful than the Army of Tennessee. His bold conclusion is that Lee's army was a better army--not just one with a better high command.
language: English
title: Two Great Rebel Armies: An Essay in Confederate Military History
titlecomplete: Two Great Rebel Armies: An Essay in Confederate Military History (Civil War America)
genres: Military History, History, War, American Civil War, Nonfiction, Civil War
ratings_count: 97
series: Civil War America
publisher: The University of North Carolina Press