Staff Officers in Gray
Subtitle: A Biographical Register of the Staff Officers in the Army of Northern Virginia
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press; University of North Carolina Press
Published: January 2, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780807827888
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Dictionaries of biography (Who's Who); Land forces & warfare; Regiments; c 1800 to c 1900; History; History - U.S.; Military; Virginia; Genealogy; United States - Civil War; History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877); Army of Northern Virginia; Biography; Civil War, 1861-1865; Confederate States of America; Confederate States of America.; Officers; Soldiers; United States
Description: This indispensable Civil War reference profiles some 2,300 staff officers in Robert E. Lee's famous Army of Northern Virginia. These men--ordnance officers, engineers, aides-de-camp, and quartermasters, among others--worked at the side of many of the Confederacy's greatest figures, helping to feed and clothe the army, maintain its discipline, and operate its military machinery. A typical entry includes the officer's full name, the date and place of his birth and death, details of his education and occupation, and a synopsis of his military record. An introduction discusses the role of staff officers in the Confederate army, describes the evolution and importance of individual staff positions, and makes some broad generalizations about the officers' common characteristics. Two appendixes provide a list of more than 3,000 staff officers who served in other armies of the Confederacy and complete rosters of known staff officers of each general in the Army of Northern Virginia. Synthesizing the contents of thousands of unpublished official documents, Staff Officers in Gray will be of interest to anyone studying the battles, personnel, and organization of the Army of Northern Virginia.