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In this masterpiece of research, a splendid supplement to Ezra J. Warner's Generals in Gray, Bruce S. Allardice brings to light a neglected class of officers: the Confederacy's ""other"" generals-men who attained their rank outside the usual avenue of appointment by Pre...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Allardice, Bruce S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2006.
Edition:Louisiana pbk. ed.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Confederate States of America. > Army.
Confederate States of America. > Army > Biography.
Generals.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
Generaux > États confederes d'Amerique > Biographies.
Generals > Confederate States of America > Biography.
United States > Confederate States of America.
United States.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Biography.
Biographies.
History.
Biography
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:In this masterpiece of research, a splendid supplement to Ezra J. Warner's Generals in Gray, Bruce S. Allardice brings to light a neglected class of officers: the Confederacy's ""other"" generals-men who attained their rank outside the usual avenue of appointment by President Jefferson Davis and who had been virtually forgotten as a consequence. Explaining that the process of becoming a general was fraught with politics, lobbying, intrigue, accident, mismanagement, and chance, Allardice identifies six main categories of legitimate claimants to the rank of Confederate General-two more than hist.
Physical Description:1 online resource (320 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780807155745

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