| More Generals in Gray Contributor(s): Allardice, Bruce S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807131482 ISBN-13: 9780807131480 Publisher: LSU Press OUR PRICE: $20.66 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2006 Annotation: Bruce S. Allardice brings to light a class of officers never before covered in any book: the Confederacy's "other" generals. They are the men who attained their rank outside the usual avenue of appointment by President Jefferson Davis - and who have been virtually lost to history as a consequence. In his Introduction, Allardice answers in depth the question "Who was a Confederate general?" Explaining that the process of appointment was fraught with politics, lobbying, intrigue, accident, mismanagement, and plain dumb luck, he identifies six main categories of legitimate claimants to the rank of Confederate general - two more than historians traditionally have recognized. He thus redeems from obscurity the titles of 137 Confederate generals, men whose appointments went the nonpresidential route but whom, the evidence shows, contemporaries considered to be generals. For each of the 137, Allardice presents a substantial biographical sketch and a short bibliography. For the vast majority, his is the first treatment ever published. In about half the cases, he has traced the officer's descendants and obtained a wealth of new information and never-before-seen photographs. Among those "other" generals are the Confederacy's most famous naval hero, Raphael Semmes; its first war martyr, Francis Bartow; and "Rip" Ford, the commander of its forces in the last battle of the war. Allardice includes the most up-to-date research on Jeff Thompson (the "Swamp Fox"), Tom Munford, Henry Kyd Douglas, and more. He covers many lesser-known leaders, too, shedding new light on little-studied aspects of the Civil War such as smaller campaigns and state armies and militias. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Military - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - History | Military - United States |
| Dewey: B |
| Series: Political Traditions in Foreign Policy |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 6.3" W x 9.26" (1.00 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - South - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this masterpiece of research, a splendid supplement to Ezra J. Warner's Generals in Gray, Bruce S. Allardice brings to light a neglected class of officers: the Confederacy's other generals -- men who attained their rank outside the usual avenue of appointment by President Jefferson Davis and who had been virtually forgotten as a consequence. Explaining that the process of becoming a general was fraught with politics, lobbying, intrigue, accident, mismanagement, and chance, Allardice identifies six main categories of legitimate claimants to the rank of Confederate General -- two more than historians have traditionally recognized. He presents a substantial biographical sketch of 137 generals not found in Warner's original and a short bibliography of each. For the vast majority, his is the first treatment ever published. |