Confederate struggle for command
Subtitle: General James Longstreet and the First Corps in the West
By: Alexander Mendoza.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Texas A&M University military history series -- no. 120
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: College Station
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9781603440523
Subjects: Longstreet, James, -- 1821-1904 -- Military leadership; Confederate States of America. -- Army of Northern Virginia. -- Corps, 1st; Confederate States of America. -- Army of Tennessee; Command of troops -- Case studies; Generals -- Confederate States of America -- Biography; Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories
Genres: Case studies.; Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "Our best opportunity for great results is in Tennessee" : Longstreet and the First Corps's road to the West; title: "One of the most gallant struggles" : Operation Westward Ho and the Chickamauga campaign; title: "The shafts of malice that have been hurled against him" : Longstreet and the command crisis in the Army of Tennessee; title: "It is hard to keep up one's spirits with an empty stomach and wet clothing" : the First Corps at Chattanooga; title: "No men who are determined to succeed can fail" : Knoxville, November 1863; title: "I long for some relief from this constant toil and anxiety" : leadership and conflict in the First Corps, 1863-64; title: "Bitter cold, everything frozen" : the First Corps in East Tennessee, 1863-64.