Title: Jefferson Davis and his generals :
Authors: Woodworth, Steven E.
Date: 1990
Publisher: University Press of Kansas,
Physical description: xv, 380 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: E
Abstract: Examines the relationship of the Confederate generals with Jefferson Davis and each other, on and off the battlefield.
Contents: The man and the hour -- Organizing the Western theater -- Kentucky -- The coming of Albert Sidney Johnston -- The gateway to East Tennessee -- Collapse -- Shiloh -- The Gibraltar of the West -- Bragg moves north -- Unified command -- Winter of discontent -- The fall of Vicksburg -- The loss of Tennessee -- To Atlanta and beyond -- The Commander in Chief.
Subject headings (LCSH): Confederate States of America. Army--History.; Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889--Military leadership.; Generals--Confederate States of America.; Mississippi River Valley--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.