West Pointers and the Civil War
The Old Army in War and Peace
Format:Paperback
Publisher:The University of North Carolina Press
Published:30th Dec '14
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
Most Civil War generals were graduates of West Point, and many of them helped transform the U.S. Army from what was little better than an armed mob that performed poorly during the War of 1812 into the competent fighting force that won the Mexican War. Hsieh demonstrates how the ""old army"" transformed itself into a professional military force after 1814, and, more important, how ""old army"" methods profoundly shaped the conduct of the Civil War.
ISBN: 9781469621937
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 1g
304 pages