Commanding the Army of the Potomac
By: Stephen R. Taaffe.
Series: Modern war studies
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Lawrence
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
Subjects: United States. Army of the Potomac -- History; Generals -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Command of troops -- History -- 19th century; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns; Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "McClellan is not the man" : July, 1861 to November, 1862; title: Burnside's unhappy and insecure tenure : November, 1862 to January, 1863; title: Fighting Joe's big opportunity : January to June, 1863; title: Meade marks time : June, 1863 to March, 1864; title: Grant as general in chief : March, 1864 to April, 1865.