Of duty well and faithfully done : a history of the regular army in the Civil War / Clayton R. Newell and Charles R. Shrader ; with a foreword by Edward M. Coffman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Newell, Clayton R., 1942-

Contributor:

Shrader, Charles R.

Series:

Studies in war, society, and the military.

Studies in war, society, and the military

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Army--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

United States.

United States. Army--Organization--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (420 p.)

Other Title:

History of the regular army in the Civil War

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

On the eve of the Civil War, the Regular Army of the United States was small, dispersed, untrained for large-scale operations, and woefully unprepared to suppress the rebellion of the secessionist states. Although the Regular Army expanded significantly during the war, reaching nearly sixty-seven thousand men, it was necessary to form an enormous army of state volunteers that overshadowed the Regulars and bore most of the combat burden. Nevertheless, the Regular Army played several critically important roles, notably providing leaders and exemplars for the Volunteers and managing the administration and logistics of the entire Union Army. In this first comprehensive study of the Regular Army in the Civil War, Clayton R. Newell and Charles R. Shrader focus primarily on the organizational history of the Regular Army and how it changed as an institution during the war, to emerge afterward as a reorganized and permanently expanded force. The eminent, award-winning military historian Edward M. Coffman provides a foreword.

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; The Regular Army on the Eve of the Civil War; The Role of the Regular Army in American Society; The U.S. Army before April 12, 1861; The Staff Departments, April 1861; The Line of the Army, April 1861; Stationing of the Army, January 1861; Conclusion; Regular Army Leaders and Personnel; 1. Headquarters of the Army; Commander in Chief; Secretary of War; General in Chief; Formulation of Strategy; Direction of Operations; Civilian Personnel of the War Department; The Army Budget, 1861-1865

Conclusion2. Regular Army Personnel, 1861-1865; Decision to Keep the Regular Army Intact; Expansion of the Regular Army, 1861-1865; Temporary Regulars; Enlisted Personnel; Officers; Losses of Personnel; Conclusion; The Staff Departments; 3. Overview; Evolution of the Staff Departments to 1861; Expansion of the Staff Departments; Staff Officers in the Field; Staff Enlisted Personnel in the Field; Common Challenges and Common Solutions; Conclusion; 4. The Administrative Departments; Adjutant General's Department; Inspector General's Department; Judge Advocate General's Department

Pay DepartmentTemporary Bureaus; Conclusion; 5. Subsistence Department; Mission and Functions; Leadership; Personnel; Organization; Operations and Issues; Challenges and Achievements; 6. Ordnance Department; Mission and Functions; Leadership; Personnel; Organization; Operations and Issues; Challenges and Achievements; 7. Quartermaster's Department; Mission and Functions; Leadership; Personnel; Organization; Operations and Issues; Challenges and Achievements; 8. Medical Department; Mission and Functions; Leadership; Personnel; Organization; Operations and Issues; Challenges and Achievements

The Army in the Field9. Transition to War; Army Life on the Eve of the War; Confrontation in the East; Surrender in Texas; Events in the West; Adding More Regulars; The First Big Battle; War Begins in the West; A Year of Transition; 10. The Infantry; Regimental Colonels; The Old Regiments; The New Regiments; Casualties; Valverde, February 1862; The Regular Infantry Division in the East; The Regular Infantry Brigade in the West; Regular Infantry in the War; 11. The Cavalry; Regimental Colonels; Regiments; Casualties; Cavalry Horses; Cavalry with the Army of the Potomac

The Army of the ShenandoahThe Last Campaign, 1865; Regular Cavalry in the War; 12. The Artillery; Artillery in the Mexican War; Regimental Colonels; Regiments; Casualties; Guns; Artillery Horses; Horse Artillery; Artillery in the Army of the Potomac; Gettysburg, July 1863; Other Union Army Artillery; Shiloh, April 1862; Regular Artillery in the War; 13. The Fighting Bureaus; Corps of Engineers; Signal Corps; Reflections on the Regular Army in the Civil War; Transition to Peace; "The Efficient Discharge of Duty"; "The Performance of Gallant Deeds"; An Epitaph for the Regular Army

Appendix: Selected Acts of Congress Pertaining to the Regular Army

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613664716

9781280687778

1280687770

9780803235007

0803235003

OCLC:

742513587

Publisher Number:

2027/heb32892 hdl