Description: Further DetailsTitle: Commanding the Army of the PotomacCondition: NewEAN: 9780700614516ISBN: 9780700614516Publisher: University Press of KansasFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 02/28/2006Description: During the Civil War, thirty-six officers in the Army of the Potomac were assigned corps commands of up to 30,000 men. Collectively charged with leading the Union's most significant field army, these leaders proved their courage in countless battlefields from Gettysburg to Antietam to Cold Harbor. Unfortunately, courage alone was not enough. Their often dismal performances played a major role in producing this army's tragic record, one that included more defeats than victories despite its numerical and material superiority. Stephen Taaffe takes a close look at this command cadre, examining who was appointed to these positions, why they were appointed, and why so many of them ultimately failed to fulfill their responsibilities. He demonstrates that ambitious officers such as Gouverneur Warren, John Reynolds, and Winfield Scott hancock employed all the weapons at their disposal, from personal connections to exaggerated accounts of prowess in combat, to claw their way into these important posts. Once there, however, as Taaffe reveals, many of these officers failed to navigate the tricky and ever-changing political currents that swirled around the Army of the Potomac. As a result, only three of them managed to retain their commands for more than a year, and their machinations caused considerable turmoil in the army's high command structure. Taaffe also shows that their ability or inability to get along with generals such as George McClellan, Ambrose Burnside, Joseph Hooker, George Meade, and Ulysses Grant played a big role in their professional destinies. In analyzing the Army of the Potomac's corps commanders as a group, Taaffe provides a new way of detailing this army's chronic difficulties - one that, until now, has been largely neglected in the literature of the Civil War.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Weight: 620gAuthor: Stephen R. TaaffeGenre: HistoryTopic: Military HistoryBook Series: Modern War StudiesItem Height: 234mmItem Length: 162mmItem Width: 25mmRelease Year: 2006 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
Price: 87.02 USD
Location: 60502
End Time: 2025-01-15T14:27:47.000Z
Shipping Cost: 0 USD
Product Images
Item Specifics
Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)
Publication Name: Commanding the Army of the Potomac
Title: Commanding the Army of the Potomac
EAN: 9780700614516
ISBN: 9780700614516
Release Date: 02/28/2006
Release Year: 2006
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Series: Modern War Studies
Book Title: Commanding the Army of the Potomac
Number of Pages: 294 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Topic: Military / Strategy, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), Military / United States, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), Military
Publication Year: 2006
Item Height: 1 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 12.3 Oz
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: Stephen R. Taaffe
Item Width: 6.4 in
Format: Hardcover
