Bruce Allardice noted as currently working on the colonels of the Army of Tennessee. Cited dichotomy of East vs. West as well as North vs. South. The higher number of military schools in the South and West had a great effect. In the North, it was rare for sergeants and colonels to have had any military training as compared to those at South. Those units formed first when the war began and went to Virginia.
Leadership is the effective and articulate response to command.
Compared situations in the Civil War to those at the division and regimental command levels in the Vietnam War. Discussed the interesting relationship between military education and training and how leadership is evolved or established. Cited expectations of field officers. Referred to the Jacksonian concept that civilian leaders will be good military leaders. Cited Alfred A. Terry as an amateur with no professional training who became one of only 17 general officers retained.