COMMAND AND CONTROL

Take a college class in your living room (or your car, if you prefer)—-you don’t get college credits, but your brain will thank you anyway:

Command and control [sound recording]: great military leaders from Washington to the twenty-first century/ by Mark Robert Polelle.



Contents:

The politics of military history and military leadership -- Washington, the indispensable man -- Napoleon, the first modern general -- U. S. Grant and the art of war in the industrial era -- Sherman and the advent of total war -- The great Southern hope: Robert E. Lee -- Moltke and the German way of war -- Pershing and the American Expeditionary Force in World War I -- Eisenhower and World War II -- Patton and the romance of war -- MacArthur: the American Caesar? -- Curtis LeMay and generalship during the Cold War -- "Stormin' Norman" Schwarzkopf and Desert Storm: remaking the American military after Vietnam -- Lessons of military leadership.

REMEMBERING A HERO

General Ulysses S. Grant died on this day in 1885 at Mount McGregor, New York. He was only 63 years old.



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ULYSSES S. GRANT DAY

ST. LOUIS, MO. April 28, 2014 - St. Louis Mayor Francis G. Slay has declared May 3, 2014 to be "ULYSSES S. GRANT DAY" in the City of St. Louis. The Proclamation is an acknowledgment that St. Louis played a key role in Grant's life and the development of his character, as St. Louis was home to Grant and his family during many of the General's formative years, and during the time he occupied the White House.

The Ulysses S. Grant Association, based at Mississippi State University, is holding its national annual meeting in St. Louis the weekend of May 3-4, 2014. The weekend coincides with the U. S. Grant Symposium, which will be capped off by an address by the Association's Executive Director John F. Marzsalek, PhD, at 3:00 p.m. on May 3, at the St. Louis Public Library's Central Library at Thirteenth and Olive Streets. Dr. Marzalek's talk is presented by Lindenwood University. His talk covers the friendship and working relationship of Grant and fellow General William T. Sherman.

The U. S. Grant Symposium also features an address by Douglas D. Scott, PhD, sponsored by the Missouri History Museum. Dr. Scott's talk, "Ulysses S. Grant: The Archeological Record," is at 1:00 p.m. on May 3 in Lee Auditorium at the History Museum in Forest Park. Dr. Scott, known as the "Battlefield Detective," explored the Grant sites in St. Louis and the site of Grant's first battle in the Mexican War, near Brownsville, Texas, during his 30-plus year career with the National Park Service. He now heads the American Institute of Battlefield Archaeology.

The U. S. Grant Symposium concludes on Sunday, May 4. Bellefontaine Cemetery is conducting tours of the cemetery in the morning. In the afternoon, beginning at 1:00 p.m. at the Campbell House Museum (Fifteenth and Locust Streets, downtown), an escorted bus tour visits the Campbell House, the Eugene Field House and the DeMenil Mansion, and tracks "The Footsteps of Ulysses S. Grant" from downtown, through Soulard to the DeMenil area. The tour is organized by Renegade Tours of St. Louis.

All Symposium events are free to the public, except the bus and home tour. More information is available here.

P.S. Sunday, April 27, 2014, was General Grant's Birthday--his 192nd.

U.S. GRANT SYMPOSIUM

ST. LOUIS, MO. April 22, 2014 - Ulysses S. Grant's St. Louis roots will once again be celebrated the first weekend of May 2014. After previous events held in April as part of the Greater St. Louis Humanities Festival, The U.S. Grant Symposium will continue on May 3rd and 4th with new lectures and tours focused on St. Louis' favorite military son and the history that connects him to the city.

The May session of the Symposium will be held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Ulysses S. Grant Association from Mississippi State University. Executive Director of the Association and Mississippi State Professor Emeritus, John F. Marszalek, will give an address, sponsored by Lindenwood University, at the Central Library on May 3rd. "Warriors of the New Warfare, Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman" will focus on the bond that formed between the two generals during the war, and how this bond played a key role in both the success of the Union and the making of two heroes.

Also on May 3rd, Douglas D. Scott, known as one of the founders of battlefield archeology, will present an archeology forum entitled, "Ulysses S. Grant: The Archeological Record," both sponsored by and hosted at the Missouri History Museum. His lecture will focus on how archeological evidence can illuminate the past, particularly in terms of Grant's life and career in this area.

Events continue on May 4th with guided tours of Bellefontaine Cemetery and a "Footsteps of Grant" Bus Tour. Bellefontaine Cemetery is home to numerous Civil war grave sites, both Union and Confederate, as well as the burial site of Grant's in-laws. The Footsteps of Grant Bus Tour, led by Renegade Tours, will take participants through three historic homes: Campbell House Museum, The Eugene Field House, and the Chatillon-DeMenil Mansion. Along the way, guest tour guide Gregory Wolk, Executive Director of Missouri's Civil War Heritage Foundation and author of Friend and Foe: A Tour Guide to Missouri's Civil War, will discuss the footprints Grant left throughout the Downtown and Soulard neighborhoods.

The May weekend of the U.S. Grant Symposium is largely free, with the exception of the bus tour, which will cost $35 a person, with an option to purchase a copy of Friend and Foe Alike for an additional $10 (a $28.95 retail value). A full description of events along with ticket requests can be found on the internet at symposium.mocivilwar.org.

MY FAMILY IS AMERICA

We are pleased to be serving as venue for the keynote lecture in the upcoming U.S. Grant Symposium Series:



More info on the U.S. Grant Symposium Series

CIVIL WAR GENERALS--G. A. CUSTER

Before he met his destiny on that fateful day on the Great Plains, George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876) served as an aggressive (and generally effective) Union Army cavalry commander:

Barnett, Louise K. Touched by Fire: The Life, Death, and Mythic Afterlife of George Armstrong Custer. New York: Henry Holt, 1996. ST—B CUSTER

Custer, Elizabeth B, and Arlene Reynolds. The Civil War Memories of Elizabeth Bacon Custer: Reconstructed from Her Diaries and Notes. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1994. CP--973.7092

Custer, George A, and John M. Carroll. Custer, in the Civil War: His Unfinished Memoirs. San Rafael, Calif: Presidio Press, 1977. ST—973.7

Hatch, Thom. Clashes of Cavalry: The Civil War Careers of George Armstrong Custer and Jeb Stuart. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2001. ST--973.82092

Hatch, Thom. The Custer Companion: A Comprehensive Guide to the Life of George Armstrong Custer and the Plains Indian Wars. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2002. HGT--973.82092

Kinsley, D A. Favor the Bold: Custer: the Civil War Years. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1967. ST—B CUSTER

Monaghan, Jay. Custer: The Life of General George Armstrong Custer. Lincoln, Neb: University of Nebraska Press, 1971. ST—B CUSTER

Urwin, Gregory J. W. Custer Victorious: The Civil War Battles of General George Armstrong Custer. Rutherford: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1983. ST—973.73

Wert, Jeffry D. Custer: The Controversial Life of George Armstrong Custer. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996. ST—B CUSTER

Whittaker, Frederick. A Complete Life of Gen. George A. Custer. New York: Sheldon, 1876 [repr. 1993]. ST—B CUSTER

CIVIL WAR GENERALS--JEB STUART

James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart, 1833-1863 (Confederate general)

ST—Stacks [Central Library]
HGT—History, Geography, & Travel Room [Central Library]

Davis, Burke. Jeb Stuart: The Last Cavalier. New York: Rinehart, 1957. ST—B STUART

Garnett, Theodore S, and Robert J. Trout. Riding with Stuart: Reminiscences of an Aide-De-Camp. Shippensburg, PA: White Mane Pub. Co, 1994. ST--973.7455

Hatch, Thom. Clashes of Cavalry: The Civil War Careers of George Armstrong Custer and Jeb Stuart. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2001. ST--973.82092

McClellan, H B. I Rode with Jeb Stuart: The Life and Campaigns of Major General J.E.B. Stuart. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1958. ST--973.73

Rhea, Gordon C. The Battles for Spotsylvania Court House and the Road to Yellow Tavern, May 7-12, 1864. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1997. HGT--973.736

Thomas, Emory M. Bold Dragoon: The Life of J.E.B. Stuart. New York: Harper & Row, 1986. ST—B STUART

Thomason, John W. Jeb Stuart. New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1930. ST—B STUART

Trout, Robert J. They Followed the Plume: The Story of J.E.B. Stuart and His Staff. Mechanicsburg, Pa: Stackpole Books, 1993. ST--973.7455

Wert, Jeffry D. Cavalryman of the Lost Cause: A Biography of J.E.B. Stuart. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2008. ST—B STUART

Wittenberg, Eric J, and J D. Petruzzi. Plenty of Blame to Go Around: Jeb Stuart's Controversial Ride to Gettysburg. New York: Savas Beatie, 2006. HGT--973.7349

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READING LISTS--CIVIL WAR GENERALS, PT. 14

Sterling Price
Confederate Army General

Born: 20 September 1809
Died: 29 September 1867
Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri.

Price worked as an attorney, businessman, planter, and politician prior to the Civil War.

Politics

Missouri legislator; U.S. Congressman; and Missouri Governor (1853-1857).

Battles & Campaigns

Mexican-American War

Santa Cruz de Rosales (March 16, 1848)

American Civil War

Lexington, Missouri (20 September 1861)
Wilson’s Creek (10 August 1861)
Iuka (19 September 1862)
Pilot Knob (27 September 1864)
Little Blue River (21 October 1864)
Second Battle of Independence (22 October 1864)
Westport (23 October 1864)
Mine Creek (25 October 1864)

Books about Sterling Price

Buresh, Lumir F. October 25th and the Battle of Mine Creek. Kansas City, Mo: Lowell Press, 1977. ST 973.737

Busch, Walter E. Fort Davidson and the Battle of Pilot Knob: Missouri’s Alamo. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2010. ST,SC 973.737

Castel, Albert E. General Sterling Price and the Civil War in the West. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1968. HG,ST 973.742

Gifford, Douglas L. The Battle of Pilot Knob: Staff Ride and Battlefield Tour Guide. Winfield, Mo: D.L. Gifford, 2003. HG 973.73

Jenkins, Paul Burrill. The Battle of Westport. Kansas City, Mo: Franklin Hudson Pub. Co, 1906. ST 973.73

Lee, Fred L. The Battle of Westport, October 21-23, 1864. Kansas City (Mo.): Westport Historical Society, 1982. ST 973.737

Peterson, Cyrus Asbury. Pilot Knob: the Thermopylae of the West. New York: Neale Publishing Co., 1914. ST 973.73

Rea, Ralph R. Sterling Price: the Lee of the West. Little Rock: Pioneer Press, 1959. HG-L B PRICE

Reynolds, Thomas C., and Robert G. Schultz. General Sterling Price and the Confederacy. St. Louis: Missouri History Museum, 2009. ST 973.782

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William Tecumseh Sherman
Union Army general

Born: February 8, 1820 (Lancaster, OH)
Died: February 14, 1891 (New York City)
Buried: Calvary Cemetery (St. Louis, MO)

West Point: 1836-1840 (sixth in his class—reduced from fourth because of voluminous demerits)

Battles & Campaigns

Second Seminole War
1st Bull Run
Shiloh
Vicksburg
Jackson (MS) Expedition
Chattanooga (TN) Campaign
Meridian (MS) Campaign
Atlanta Campaign
Savannah (GA) Campaign
Carolina Campaign

Commander of U.S. Army: 1869-1883.

Books about General Sherman:

Bailey, Anne J. War and Ruin: William T. Sherman and the Savannah Campaign. Wilmington, Del: Scholarly Resources, 2003. ST-973.7378

Caudill, Edward, and Paul Ashdown. Sherman's March in Myth and Memory. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2008. HG-973.7378

Davis, Stephen. Atlanta Will Fall: Sherman, Joe Johnston, and the Yankee Heavy Battalions. Wilmington, Del: Scholarly Resources, 2001. ST-973.7371

Dugard, Martin. The Training Ground: Grant, Lee, Sherman, and Davis in the Mexican War, 1846-1848. New York: Little, Brown and Co, 2008. HG-973.620922

Fellman, Michael. Citizen Sherman: A Life of William Tecumseh Sherman. New York: Random House, 1995. ST-B SHERMAN

Flood, Charles B. Grant and Sherman: The Friendship That Won the Civil War. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005. ST, BU-973.738

Hanson, Victor D. The Soul of Battle: From Ancient Times to the Present Day, How Three Great Liberators Vanquished Tyranny. New York, NY: Free Press, 1999. ST-355.009

Sherman, William T, Brooks D. Simpson, and Jean V. Berlin. Sherman's Civil War: Selected Correspondence of William T. Sherman, 1860-1865. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1999. ST-973.7092

Simms, William G, and David Aiken. A City Laid Waste: The Capture, Sack, and Destruction of the City of Columbia. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2005. HG-973.738

Trudeau, Noah A. Southern Storm: Sherman's March to the Sea. New York: Harper, 2008. ST,BU-973.7378

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Thomas Jonathan (“Stonewall”) Jackson was born in Clarksburg, Virginia (now West Virginia) in 1824. His father and older sister died of typhoid fever when Jackson was just two years old. His mother raised Jackson and two siblings by herself until she was able to remarry in 1830. His new stepfather did not like his stepchildren, however, and they were sent to live with an uncle when Jackson’s mother died in 1831. Jackson’s older brother, Warren, died of tuberculosis in 1841.

Jackson was mostly self-educated when he managed to secure admission to West Point in 1842. He began his schooling there in last place academically, but through sheer determination and hard work managed to graduate 17th in a class of 52. He participated in the Mexican-American War as an artillery officer, and received two brevet promotions for bravery, as well as a Regular Army promotion to 1st Lieutenant.

He left the army to teach at Virginia Military Institute in 1851. Jackson was not popular with his students, because he memorized his lectures and delivered them verbatim in class. If a student asked a question, he simply backed up and repeated that part of the lecture. He also taught Sunday School for black persons at the local Presbyterian Church, and was apparently very popular with those students. He owned six slaves, but was widely known as a “fair and humane” master.

Jackson supervised a contingent of VMI artillerists during the 1859 hanging of John Brown. When war broke out, Virginia Governor John Letcher appointed him a Colonel. Jackson organized the military unit that would later be named after him: the Stonewall Brigade. He was known as a rigid disciplinarian, but was nonetheless popular with most of his men because he was personally fearless, and because his methods seemed to work.

He earned his nickname at First Bull Run, where another general rallied his own troops by saying, “There stands Jackson like a stone wall. Rally behind the Virginians!” His direction of his troops on the battlefield had made him a legend by the time he was wounded in an accidental shooting by his own men on the Chancellorsville battlefield (2 May 1863). His left arm had to be amputated, and he died of complications from pneumonia on 10 May 1863. His wife, Mary Anna, moved to North Carolina but never remarried. She was known as the Widow of the Confederacy, and died in 1915.

Alexander, Bevin. Lost Victories: The Military Genius of Stonewall Jackson. New York: Holt, 1992. HG-973.73092

Cozzens, Peter. Shenandoah 1862: Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2008. ST,BU-973.732

Davis, Don. Stonewall Jackson. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. HU-B JACKSON

Gallagher, Gary W. Lee and His Generals in War and Memory. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1998. ST-973.73013

Hamlin, Augustus C. The Battle of Chancellorsville: The Attack of Stonewall Jackson and His Army Upon the Right Flank of the Army of the Potomac at Chancellorsville, Virginia, on Saturday Afternoon, May 2, 1863. Bangor, Me: The author, 1896. ST-973.733

Johnson, Clint. In the Footsteps of Stonewall Jackson. Winston-Salem, N.C: John F. Blair, 2002. CB-917.540444

Krick, Robert K. Conquering the Valley: Stonewall Jackson at Port Republic. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2002. ST-973.732

Krick, Robert K. The Smoothbore Volley That Doomed the Confederacy: The Death of Stonewall Jackson and Other Chapters on the Army of Northern Virginia. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2002. ST-973.7455

Redwood, Allen C. Stonewall: Memories from the Ranks. Livermore, Maine: Signal Tree Publications, 1998. ST-B JACKSON

Robertson, James I. Stonewall Jackson: The Man, the Soldier, the Legend. New York: Macmillan Pub. USA, 1997. ST-B JACKSON

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William S. Rosecrans (1819-1898) was born in Ohio and educated at West Point. He graduated fifth (in a class of 42) in 1842, having excelled in mathematics, French, drawing and English grammar. He was assigned as an engineer in Virginia, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Washington, DC, and then served for some time as mathematics instructor at West Point. Rosecrans converted to Roman Catholicism at a time when the vast majority of Army officers were Protestants. He resigned in failing health in 1854, and spent the next seven years regaining his strength while working as an engineer and businessman. He ran several companies, and was awarded several patents.

When war broke out in 1861, he volunteered his services and quickly received promotion to Brigadier General. Successes in western Virginia and at the Battles of Iuka and Corinth (Mississippi) led to him being named commander of the Department of the Cumberland. After a disputed victory at Stones River (Tennessee), he commanded the army during the Battle of Chickamauga (September 19-20, 1863). A mistake in troop placement on the second day resulted in a near disaster that was only averted by a desperate holding action by Union soldiers commanded by General George Thomas.

Rosecrans and most of his staff officers had fled to Chattanooga while Thomas held off the Confederates at Chickamauga. Rosecrans was shortly thereafter removed from command in Tennessee, and was later given command of the Department of the Missouri. He commanded that army during Price’s Raid (September-October 1864). After the war, he was stationed in California, where he died in 1898. Rosecrans is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

Baumgartner, Richard A. Blue Lightning: Wilder's Mounted Infantry Brigade in the Battle of Chickamauga. Huntington, W. Va: Blue Acorn Press, 1997. ST-973.7359

Cozzens, Peter. No Better Place to Die: The Battle of Stones River. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990. ST,BU-973.733

Donald, David H, and Robert Cowley. With My Face to the Enemy: Perspectives on the Civil War : Essays. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2001. ST.SC-973.7

Korn, Jerry. The Fight for Chattanooga: Chickamauga to Missionary Ridge. Alexandria, Va: Time-Life Books, 1985. ST,MA-973.7359

Lamers, William M. The Edge of Glory: A Biography of General William S. Rosecrans, U.S.A. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1961. ST-B ROSECRANS

Miles, Jim. Paths to Victory: A History and Tour Guide of the Stone's River, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Knoxville, and Nashville Campaigns. Nashville, Tenn: Rutledge Hill Press, 1991. ST-973.73

Pearson, Thomas A. Railroad Boys: The Story of the 89th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment (1862-1865). St. Louis, Mo: Infinite Mirror Press, 2009. HG-973.7473

Strayer, Larry M, and Richard A. Baumgartner. Echoes of Battle: The Struggle for Chattanooga : an Illustrated Collection of Union and Confederate Narratives. Huntington, W. Va: Blue Acorn Press, 1996. HG-973.7359

Woodworth, Steven E. Chickamauga: A Battlefield Guide with a Section on Chattanooga. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1999. HG-973.735

Woodworth, Steven E, and Grady McWhiney. A Deep Steady Thunder: The Battle of Chickamauga. Fort Worth: Ryan Place Publishers, 1996. ST-973.735

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Albert Sidney Johnston (1803-1862)

Johnston was born in Kentucky, and graduated from West Point in 1826. He served in the Black Hawk War, the Texas War for Independence, the Mexican-American War, and the Utah War. When the Civil War began, he was commander of the Department of the Pacific in California. He resigned his U.S. Army commission and was soon thereafter commissioned a full general in the Confederate Army by his friend, Jefferson Davis. He was commanding Confederate forces at the Battle of Shiloh on April 6, 1862, when he was wounded behind his right knee. He didn’t think the wound was serious, and remained on the battlefield. His boot soon filled with blood, and he lost consciousness. He died later that afternoon. After initial burial in New Orleans, his body was re-interred at the Texas State Cemetery in Austin in 1867.

Cunningham, O E, Gary D. Joiner, and Timothy B. Smith. Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862. New York: Savas Beatie, 2007. ST-973.731

Eicher, David J. Dixie Betrayed: How the South Really Lost the Civil War. New York: Little, Brown (2006). ST-973.713

Frank, Joseph A, and George A. Reaves. "Seeing the Elephant": Raw Recruits at the Battle of Shiloh. New York: Greenwood Press, 1989. ST-973.731

Gifford, Douglas L.. Shiloh Battlefield Tour Guide: the First Day. Winfield, Mo: Douglas L. Gifford, 2005. ST-973.731

Hafen, LeRoy R, and Ann W. Hafen. Mormon Resistance: A Documentary Account of the Utah Expedition, 1857-1858. Lincoln, Neb: University of Nebraska Press, 2006. ST-978

Hanson, Victor D. Ripples of Battle: How Wars of the Past Still Determine How We Fight, How We Live, and How We Think. New York: Doubleday, 2003. HU-355.02

Luvaas, Jay, Stephen L. Bowman, and Leonard Fullenkamp. Guide to the Battle of Shiloh. Lawrence, Kan: University Press of Kansas, 1996. ST-973.731

Roland, Charles P. Albert Sidney Johnston, Soldier of Three Republics. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1964. ST-B JOHNSTON

Mitchell, Joseph B. Decisive Battles of the Civil War. Dorset, NH: Dorset Press, 1989. ST-973.73

Woodworth, Steven E. Civil War Generals in Defeat. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1999. ST-973.73

Woodworth, Steven E. Jefferson Davis and His Generals: the Failure of Confederate Command in the West. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2006. ST-973.7462

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Nathaniel Lyon was a Union Army general who was born in Connecticut. He secured the St. Louis Arsenal for the Union, and was killed at the Battle of Wilson's Creek on August 10, 1861--the first general to be killed in battle during the Civil War.

Adamson, Hans C. Rebellion in Missouri, 1861: Nathaniel Lyon and His Army of the West. Philadelphia: Chilton Co., Book Division, 1961. HG-973.73

The Battle of Wilson's Creek, August 10, 1861: Wilson's Creek Centennial Commemoration, August 10, 1961. Springfield, Mo, 1961. ST-973.73

Brooksher, William R. Bloody Hill: The Civil War Battle of Wilson's Creek. Washington: Brassey's, 1995. ST,HG,BU-973.731

Hinze, David C, and Karen Farnham. The Battle of Carthage: Border War in Southwest Missouri, July 5, 1861. Campbell, CA: Savas Pub. Co, 1997. HG,SLAS-973.731

Kemp, Hardy A. About Nathaniel Lyon, Brigadier General, United States Army Volunteers and Wilson's Creek. S.l: s.n., 1978. ST-B

Phillips, Christopher. Damned Yankee: The Life of General Nathaniel Lyon. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1990. ST,SLAS,HU-B

Phillips, Christopher. Missouri's Confederate: Claiborne Fox Jackson and the Creation of Southern Identity in the Border West. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2000. ST,SLAS,BU,DA-977.803

Piston, William G, and Richard W. Hatcher. Wilson's Creek: The Second Battle of the Civil War and the Men Who Fought It. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2000. HG,SLAS-973.731

Siddali, Silvana R. Missouri's War: The Civil War in Documents. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2009. BR-973.803

Taylor, Holly Z. Neither North nor South: Sectionalism, St. Louis Politics, and the Coming of the Civil War (1846-1861) , 2004. ST-977.866

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John Pope (1822-1892) was a Union Army general known for his success in capturing Island No. 10 and his defeat at the hands of Robert E. Lee at Second Manassas. He is buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery here in St. Louis.

Cox, Merlin G. John Pope, Fighting General from Illinois (thesis) 1956. MI-B-POPE

Daniel, Larry J, and Lynn N. Bock. Island No. 10: Struggle for the Mississippi Valley. Tuscaloosa, Ala: University of Alabama Press, 1996. HG, SLAS-973.73

Hennessy, John J. Return to Bull Run: The Campaign and Battle of Second Manassas. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. BU, ST-973.732

Lee Takes Command: From Seven Days to Second Bull Run. Alexandria, Va: Time-Life Books, 1984. BU, CP, ST-973.732

Miles, Jim. A River Unvexed: A History and Tour Guide to the Campaign for the Mississippi River. Nashville, Tenn: Rutledge Hill Press, 1994. ST-973.730977

Ropes, John C. The Army Under Pope. New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1881. ST-973.73

Schutz, Wallace J, and Walter N. Trenerry. Abandoned by Lincoln: A Military Biography of General John Pope. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990. ST-B POPE

Second Manassas. Alexandria, Va: Time-Life Books, 1995. BU, MA, ST-973.732

Sutherland, Daniel E, and Grady McWhiney. The Emergence of Total War. Fort Worth, Tex: Ryan Place Publishers, 1996. ST-973.732

Whitehorne, Joseph W. A. The Battle of Second Manassas: Self-guided Tour. Washington, D.C: Center of Military History, United States Army, 1990. DO-1142.M31

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Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (1818-1893) was a Confederate general. He commanded Confederate forces at Fort Sumter, Battle of Bull Run (1861), Shiloh, and Corinth. He rarely saw eye-to-eye with Jefferson Davis, and as a result spent the latter part of the war attempting to be restored to an independent command. After the war, he served as Director of the Louisiana State Lottery.

Basso, Hamilton. Beauregard, the Great Creole. New York: C. Scribner's sons, 1933. ST-B BEAUREGARD

Boritt, G S. Jefferson Davis's Generals. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. BU,DA,ST-973.73

Cunningham, O E, Gary D. Joiner, and Timothy B. Smith. Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862. New York: Savas Beatie, 2007. CE-973.731

Daniel, Larry J. Shiloh: The Battle That Changed the Civil War. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997. HG-973.731

Davis, William C. Battle at Bull Run: A History of the First Major Campaign of the Civil War. Garden City, N.Y: Doubleday, 1977. ST-973.731

Detzer, David. Donnybrook: The Battle of Bull Run, 1861. Orlando, Fla: Harcourt, 2004. HG-973.731

Hendrickson, Robert. Sumter, the First Day of the Civil War. Chelsea, Mich: Scarborough House, 1990. ST-973.731

Roman, Alfred. The Military Operations of General Beauregard in the War between the States, 1861 to 1865: Including a Brief Personal Sketch and a Narrative of His Services in the War with Mexico, 1846-8. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1884. ST-973.733092

Williams, T H. P.G.T. Beauregard: Napoleon in Gray. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1955. ST-B BEAUREGARD

Woodworth, Steven E. Leadership and Command in the American Civil War. Campbell, CA: Savas Woodbury, 1995. ST-973.73

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James Longstreet (1821-1904) was a Confederate general whom Robert E. Lee called his "war horse." While many southerners blamed Longstreet for the Confederate loss at Gettysburg, his all-out attack at Chickamauga nearly annihilated the army of Union General William S. Rosecrans.

Clark, Champ. Gettysburg: The Confederate High Tide. Alexandria, Va: Time-Life Books, 1985. CP,ST-973.7349

Cozzens, Peter. This Terrible Sound: The Battle of Chickamauga. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1992. ST-973.735

Dowdey, Clifford. Death of a Nation: The Story of Lee and His Men at Gettysburg. New York: Knopf, 1958. ST-973.73

Eckenrode, H J, and Bryan Conrad. James Longstreet: Lee's War Horse. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1986. ST-B LONGSTREET

Jaynes, Gregory. The Killing Ground: Wilderness to Cold Harbor. Alexandria, Va: Time-Life Books, 1986. BU,ST-973.736

Longstreet, James. From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America. New York: Da Capo Press, 1992. ST-973.74

Piston, William G. Lee's Tarnished Lieutenant: James Longstreet and His Place in Southern History. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1987. ST-B-LONGSTREET

Trudeau, Noah A. Bloody Roads South: The Wilderness to Cold Harbor, May-June 1864. Boston: Little, Brown, 1989. ST-973.736

Wert, Jeffry D. General James Longstreet: The Confederacy's Most Controversial Soldier : a Biography. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. BU,HU-B-LONGSTREET

Woodworth, Steven E. Beneath a Northern Sky: A Short History of the Gettysburg Campaign. Wilmington, Del: SR Books, 2003. BU,ST-973.7349

READING LISTS-- CIVIL WAR GENERALS, PT. 5

George Brinton McClellan (1826-1885) was a Union Army general who commanded the Army of the Potomac during the Seven Days’ Battles and the Battle of Antietam.

Burton, Brian K. Extraordinary Circumstances: The Seven Days Battles. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2001. HG-973.732

Catton, Bruce. Mr. Lincoln's Army. Garden City, N.Y: Doubleday, 1962. ST-973.74

Lee Takes Command: From Seven Days to Second Bull Run. Alexandria, Va: Time-Life Books, 1984. BU,CP,ST-973.732

McClellan, George B, and Stephen W. Sears. The Civil War Papers of George B. Mcclellan: Selected Correspondence, 1860-1865. New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1989. ST-B MCCLELLAN

McPherson, James M. Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. BU,DI,KI,MA,SC,ST-973.7336

Rafuse, Ethan S, and Christopher L. Brest. Antietam, South Mountain, and Harpers Ferry: A Battlefield Guide. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2008. HG-973.73

Sears, Stephen W. George B. Mcclellan: The Young Napoleon. New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1988. HU-B MCCLELLAN

Sears, Stephen W. Landscape Turned Red: The Battle of Antietam. New Haven: Ticknor & Fields, 1983. ST-973.7336

Waugh, John C. The Class of 1846: From West Point to Appomattox : Stonewall Jackson, George Mcclellan, and Their Brothers. New York: Warner Books, 1994. CP,ST-355.033073

Wheeler, Richard. Sword Over Richmond: An Eyewitness History of Mcclellan's Peninsula Campaign. New York: Harper & Row, 1986. ST-973.732

READING LISTS-- CIVIL WAR GENERALS, PT. 4

Joseph E. Johnston (1807-1891) was a Confederate general who commanded Confederate forces in Georgia in 1864 and in North Carolina in 1865.

Boritt, G S. Jefferson Davis's Generals. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. BU, DA, ST-973.73

Bradley, Mark L. Last Stand in the Carolinas: The Battle of Bentonville. Campbell, CA: Savas Woodbury Publishers, 1996. ST-973.738

Davis, Stephen. Atlanta Will Fall: Sherman, Joe Johnston, and the Yankee Heavy Battalions. Wilmington, Del: Scholarly Resources, 2001. ST-973.7371

Govan, Gilbert E, and James W. Livingood. A Different Valor, the Story of General Joseph E. Johnston, C.S.A. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1956. ST-B JOHNSTON

Hughes, Nathaniel C. Bentonville: The Final Battle of Sherman and Johnston. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1996. ST-973.78

Johnston, Joseph E. Narrative of Military Operations, Directed, During the Late War Between the States. New York: D. Appleton and Co, 1874. ST-973.782

Lash, Jeffrey N. Destroyer of the Iron Horse: General Joseph E. Johnston and Confederate Rail Transport, 1861-1865. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 1991. ST-973.73013

McMurry, Richard M. Atlanta 1864: Last Chance for the Confederacy. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2000. ST-973.7371

Symonds, Craig L. Joseph E. Johnston: A Civil War Biography. New York: Norton, 1992. HU-B JOHNSTON

Woodworth, Steven E. Civil War Generals in Defeat. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1999. ST-973.73

Woodworth, Steven E. Leadership and Command in the American Civil War. Campbell, CA: Savas Woodbury, 1995. ST-973.73

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READING LISTS-- CIVIL WAR GENERALS, PT. 3

Irvin McDowell (1818-1885) was a Civil War general who commanded Union Army forces at the Battle of 1st Bull Run (July 21, 1861.

Davis, William C. Battle at Bull Run: A History of the First Major Campaign of the Civil War. Garden City, N.Y: Doubleday, 1977. [ST-973.731]

Detzer, David. Dissonance: The Turbulent Days between Fort Sumter and Bull Run. Orlando: Harcourt, 2006. [BU, HG-973.731]

Detzer, David. Donnybrook: The Battle of Bull Run, 1861. Orlando, Fla: Harcourt, 2004. [HG-973.731]

Hennessy, John J. Return to Bull Run: The Campaign and Battle of Second Manassas. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. [BU, ST-973.732]

McDonald, JoAnna M. Give Them the Bayonet! A Guide to the Battle for Henry Hill, July 21, 1861 : a Walking Tour. Shippensburg, PA: Burd Street Press, 1999. [ST-973.731]

McDonald, JoAnna M. We Shall Meet Again: The First Battle of Manassas (Bull Run), July 18-21, 1861. Shippensburg, PA: White Mane Books, 1999. [ST-973.731]

Nofi, Albert A. The Opening Guns: Fort Sumter to Bull Run, 1861. New York, N.Y: Gallery Books, 1988. [ST-973.731]

Rafuse, Ethan S. A Single Grand Victory: The First Campaign and Battle of Manassas. Wilmington, Del: SR Books, 2002. [ST-973.731]

Wert, Jeffry D. The Sword of Lincoln: The Army of the Potomac. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005. [HG-973.7341]

Wheeler, Richard. A Rising Thunder: From Lincoln's Election to the Battle of Bull Run : an Eyewitness History. New York, NY: HarperCollins, 1994. [ST-973.73]

READING LISTS-- CIVIL WAR GENERALS, PT. 2

John Bell Hood (1831-1879)—Confederate general who commanded the Army of Tennessee during the fall of Atlanta and the Tennessee campaign.

Bailey, Ronald H. Battles for Atlanta: Sherman Moves East. Alexandria, Va: Time-Life Books, 1985. [BU, CP, ST-973.737]

Boritt, Gabor S. Jefferson Davis's Generals. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1999. [BU, DA, ST-973.73]

Davis, Stephen. Atlanta Will Fall: Sherman, Joe Johnston, and the Yankee Heavy Battalions. Wilmington, Del: Scholarly Resources, 2001. [ST-973.7371]

Dyer, John P. The Gallant Hood. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1950. [ST-B HOOD]

Groom, Winston. Shrouds of Glory: From Atlanta to Nashville-the Last Great Campaign of the Civil War. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1995. [BU, MA, ST-973.736]

McDonough, James L, and James P. Jones. "War So Terrible": Sherman and Atlanta. New York: Norton, 1987. [ST-973.737]

McMurry, Richard M. John Bell Hood and the War for Southern Independence. Lexington, Ky: University Press of Kentucky, 1982. [ST-B HOOD]

O'Connor, Richard. Hood, Cavalier General. New York: Prentice-Hall, 1949. [ST-B HOOD]

Snow, William P. Lee and His Generals. New York: Richardson & Co., 1867. [ST-973.7]

Sword, Wiley. Embrace an Angry Wind: The Confederacy's Last Hurrah: Spring Hill, Franklin, and Nashville. New York, N.Y: HarperCollins Publishers, 1992. [MA-973.737]

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