American Civil War Commanders (1): Union Leaders in the East

by Philip R.N. Katcher

Osprey's study of the commanders of the American Civil War (1861-1865). When the War Between the States broke out in 1861, the US Army had only four line generals - and only one of them was not a septuagenarian veteran of the War of 1812. With about one-third of all professional officers choosing to offer their swords to the South, the government's urgent need to find commanders for the vastly expanded Federal army put generals' stars on the shoulders...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1841763209
• ISBN13: 9781841763200
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.7" x 9.8"