General Lee's army
Subtitle: from victory to collapse
By: Joseph T. Glatthaar
Edition: 1st Free Press trade pbk. ed.
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 600
ISBN-13: 9781416596974
Subjects: Military leadership; History; Campaigns; Regimental histories; Soldiers; Attitudes; Psychology; Social conditions; Military campaigns; Command of troops; Confederate States of America. Army of Northern Virginia; Confederate States of America
Description: A history of the Confederate troops under Robert E. Lee presents portraits of soldiers from all walks of life, offers insight into how the Confederacy conducted key operations, and reveals how closely the South came to winning the war.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 543-581) and index.
Table of contents: title: Comedy of errors, tragedy of triumph; title: Secession and mobilizing for war; title: The Volunteers of '61; title: Why they enlisted; title: Becoming soldiers; title: "To slaughter one another like brutes"; title: "A great canvass city"; title: Keeping the army together; title: Clashes within the high command; title: Playing troops like fireflies; title: Lee in command; title: The battle for Richmond: the Seven Days' campaign; title: Taking war to the enemy; title: A failure of discipline; title: Lee's officer corps and army culture; title: The soldiers of '62; title: Supplying the army; title: Camp and recreation; title: Religion and morality; title: Chancellorsville; title: Arms and ammunition; title: The failure at Gettysburg; title: Home front; title: Blacks and the army; title: Combat; title: Lee and the high command; title: Preparing for the spring campaign of 1864; title: The overland campaign; title: The trenches; title: Medical care; title: Manpower; title: Desertion; title: The grind of war; title: Spiral of defeat; title: The final days; title: The sample.