A renown military historian and frequent television commenter brings
to life the generalship of the South during the Civil War in sparkling,
information-filled vignettes. For both the Civil War completist and the
general reader!
Anyone acquainted with the American Civil War will readily recognize the
names of the Confederacy's most prominent generals. Robert E. Lee.
Stonewall Jackson. James Longstreet. These men have long been lionized
as fearless commanders and genius tacticians. Yet few have heard of the
hundreds of generals who led under and alongside them. Men whose
battlefield resolve spurred the Confederacy through four years of the
bloodiest combat Americans have ever faced.
In The Encyclopedia of Confederate Generals, veteran Civil War
historian, Samuel W. Mitcham, documents the lives of every Confederate
general from birth to death, highlighting their unique contributions to
the battlefield and bringing their personal triumphs and tragedies to
life.
Packed with photos and historical briefings, The Encyclopedia of
Confederate Generals belongs on the shelf of every Civil War historian,
and preserves in words the legacies once carved in stone.