Civil War Commanders : From Fort Sumter to Appomattox Court House (Commanders Series, September - 2008)

by Chester G. Hearn, Steven Smith, Rick Sapp

Book Overview

Civil War Commanders features concise career histories of approximately 180 Civil War Leaders, North and South. Some of them emerged from obscurity to become among the most able commanders in the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1435103963
• ISBN13: 9781435103962
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Metro Books
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.

Customer Reviews

An Indispensable Reference

This small book presents brief thumbnail sketches of 172 Civil War Commanders, primarily general officers, and, of those, mostly brigadiers. Almost all of the biographies are accompanied by photographs which enhance the text. Although I read this book, I think its real value is as a handy reference for beginning or intermediate Civil War readers, those who aren't familiar with all the players. It certainly would have been of value to me had I had it by my side when I read General Grant's Memoirs and biographies of Generals Sherman and Sheridan. If nothing else, it would have helped put any number of relatively unknown officers on both sides into some sort of perspective and, by doing so, would have made those stories much more meaningful. Assuming that it is intended as a reference book, I'll have to give it five stars.