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West Pointers and the Civil War: The Old Army in War and Peace

West Pointers and the Civil War: The Old Army in War and Peace

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Series: Civil War America

Armed ForcesCivil War Period (1850-1877)

ISBN10: 1469621932
ISBN13: 9781469621937
Publisher: Univ Of North Carolina Pr
Published: Dec 1 2014
Pages: 304
Weight: 1.03
Height: 0.68 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Most Civil War generals were graduates of West Point, and many of them helped transform the U.S. Army from what was little better than an armed mob that performed poorly during the War of 1812 into the competent fighting force that won the Mexican War. Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh demonstrates how the old army transformed itself into a professional military force after 1814, and, more important, how old army methods profoundly shaped the conduct of the Civil War.

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