Confederate generals in the trans-Mississippi : essays on America's Civil War / edited by Lawrence Lee Hewitt with Arthur W. Bergeron Jr. and Thomas E. Schott ; with a foreword by William L. Shea.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hewitt, Lawrence L.

Bergeron, Arthur W.

Schott, Thomas Edwin, 1943-

Series:

Western theater in the Civil War

The western theater in the Civil War

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Generals--Confederate States of America--Biography.

Generals.

History.

Missouri.

Command of troops--History--19th century.

Command of troops.

Military campaigns.

Southwest, Old--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.

Southwest, Old.

Missouri--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.

Confederate States of America. Army. Trans-Mississippi Department.

Confederate States of America.

United States--Confederate States of America.

United States--Old Southwest.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

<volumes 1-2> : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

polychrome

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, ©2013-<2015>

System Details:

text file

Contents:

v. 1. "An ultra and stupid conservatism ruined us" : general Thomas C. Hindman Jr. and the defense of Arkansas / Bobby L. Roberts

Theophilus H. Holmes and Confederate generalship / Joseph G. Dawson III

"To carry off the glory" : Edmund Kirby Smith in 1864 / Jeffery S. Prushankin

Mosby Monroe Parsons : Missouri's forgotten brigadier / Bill J. Gurley

A "gallant and prudent commander" : Major General John S. Marmaduke / Helen P. Trimpi

"Not fortunate in war" : Major General Thomas James Churchill / Mark K. Christ

Days in April : Tom Green's contributions at Carroll's Mill, Mansfield, and Pleasant Hill during the Red River campaign / Curtis W. Milbourn

Exile to submission, death to dishonor : General Joseph Orville Shelby / Stuart W. Sanders.

v. 2. "Price and McCulloch are fighting each other harder than they are fighting the enemy: divided command and the loss of Missouri / Thomas W. Cutrer

Colossal failure: Henry Hopkins Sibley in the Trans-Mississippi / Thomas E. Schott

"Prince John" Magruder in Texas / Robert Il Girardi

Gallant, modest, unselfish, and patriotic: Alfred Mouton / Jeffrey S. Prushankin

Camille Armand Jules Marie, Prince de Polignac / Jeff Kinard

Brigadier General Richard M. Gano: commander in two states / Charles D. Grear

Mosby Monroe Parsons: Major General, murder victim / Bill J. Gurley

Joseph Lancaster Brent: lawyer, warrior, and prophet of tank warfare / Steven M. Mayeux.

Notes:

Volume 2 edited by Lawrence Lee Hewitt and Thomas E. Schott, with a foreword by Anne J. Bailey.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781572338661

1572338660

9781621900894

1621900894

OCLC:

800447387

Publisher Number:

40022472822