More Generals in Gray /
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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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Baton Rouge :
Louisiana State University Press,
2006.
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Édition: | Louisiana pbk. ed. |
Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Résumé: | 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. |
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Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (320 pages): illustrations |
ISBN: | 9780807155745 |