Victors in Blue: How Union Generals Fought the Confederates, Battled Each Other, and Won the Civil War

by Albert Castel and Albert E. Castel

Book Overview

Make no mistake, the Confederacy had the will and valor to fight. But the Union had the manpower, the money, the materiel, and, most important, the generals. Although the South had arguably the best commander in the Civil War in Robert E. Lee, the North's full house beat their one-of-a-kind. Flawed individually, the Union's top officers nevertheless proved collectively superior across a diverse array of battlefields and ultimately produced a victory...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700617930
• ISBN13: 9780700617937
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 374 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.4"