The Army of the Potomac: Birth of Command, November 1860-September 1861
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| Rating | : | 4.37 (697 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0306811413 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 640 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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He has been a trial lawyer in New York City for almost four decades. About the AuthorRussel H. Beatie, a former army lieutenant, is a graduate of Princeton University and Columbia Law School. He is the author of many articles about the Civil War and the book Road to Manassas.
Russel H. He has been a trial lawyer in New York City for almost four decades. He is the author of many articles about the Civil War and the book Road to Manassas.. Beatie, a former army lieutenant, is a graduate of Princeton University and Columbia Law School
What emerges is a much different picture of these men and how their personalities influenced their command decisions and the political atmosphere that influenced and determined their military careers. As a result, the narrative and conclusions about the actions of many of the Union's prominent generals differ--often significantly--from traditional historical thinking. The Army of the Potomac is about the leaders as men--their successes and failures commanding the Union's largest army.. There have been many studies of the generals who commanded the Union's victorious Army of the Potomac, but none has considered the corps, division, and brigade commanders (and their all-important staff officers) through the entire war--until now. Placing their actions in the social, political, military, and economic context of the day, this original and thought-provoking book exa
A Standing Ovation July 2, 2002. - The Eastern Theater of The American Civil War - The curtain rose from the stage at the premier of Da Cappo Press' newest production, to reveal "Army of the Potomac: Birth of Command November 1860 - September 1862." Authored by Russel H. Beatie, it is the first of a series covering the history of the Army of the Potomac.Mr. Beatie has been kind enough to present us with a Dramatis Personae, a playbill, if you will, providing us with the briefest of possible biographical sketches of the players about to grace t. "The Army of the Potomac : The beginning of the begining!" according to C. M Mills. Russel Beatie has done an excellent job with his first volume on the long and storied history of the Army of the Potomac! In this first volume he seeks to do for the greatest of the Union armies what Douglas Southall Freeman did for the fabled Army of Northern Virginia. It is probable that Beatie's book will sell far fewer copies than did Dr. Freeman's classic work. However, the book is well worth pouring over its detailed pages as lawyer Beatie sketches the first confusing months of the Civil War from the Union viewpoint. A. The beginning of what could be a very important series I was skeptical of this book when I first picked it up. I mean the book only covers the Army of the Potomac from November 1860 to September 1861 and yet is a good 600 pages long by a writer for all intensive purposes is an unknown. I was half expecting a very dry read but boy was I wrong. Instead I got one of the best Civil War books I've read in a while.The book is intended to be the first in a series of books covering the history of the Army of the Potomac. This volume covers the formation of the army in the early days of