Contents
Foreword by Frank E. Vandiver 00
Preface 00
Part 1 Leadership and Command
Civil War Leadership 00
Stephen D. Lee and the Guns at Second Manassas 00
P. G. T. Beauregard 00
Morgan's Raid: The War Strikes Home 00
Soldier of Conscience, George H. Thomas: A Virginian Fights for the Union 00
Lincoln's Presidential Example in Dealing with the Military 00
Part 2 Society in Wartime
The War inside the Church 00
State Rights and Local Defense: The Crux of Frank L. Owsley's State Rights Thesis
Reexamined 00
"We Shall Cease to Be Friends" 00
Part 3 The Art of War
Balloons and the American Military: Civil War to World War I 00
The War Board, the Basis of the United States' First General Staff 00
The Civil War Armies: Creation, Mobilization, and Development 00
The Evolution of Tactics in the Civil War 00
Epilogue
On Remembering and Reliving History 00
Index 00
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Miscellanea, Generals United States Biography, Generals Confederate States of America Biography, United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns, Command of troops History 19th century, United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects, Military art and science United States History 19th century