Civil War leadership and Mexican War experience / / Kevin Dougherty

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910815929303321
• Autore: Dougherty Kevin
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, 2007
• ISBN: 1-282-48572-5; 9786612485725; 1-60473-162-1
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (222 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.7/40922
• Soggetti: Generals - United States; Generals - Confederate States of America; Command of troops; Mexican War, 1846-1848 - Influence; United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Biography; United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-201) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Patterns of the military profession -- George McClellan and siege warfare -- Ulysses S. Grant and logistical risk -- Philip Kearny and reckless courage -- Samuel Du Pont and the naval blockade -- Winfield Scott and the changing nature of warfare -- John Pope and the influence of Zachary Taylor -- George Meade and missed opportunity -- Jefferson Davis and the bad example -- Joe Hooker and the administrative side -- William Sherman and room to grow -- Henry Halleck and the military executive -- Henry Hunt and the organization of artillery -- George Thomas and the rock -- Robert E. Lee and turning movement based on reconnaissance -- Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregarde and the exception that proves the rule -- Jefferson Davis and misplaced confidence -- Braxton Bragg and Jefferson Davis -- John Winder and wartime governance -- John Slidell and doomed diplomacy -- Gideon Pillow and political generals -- Stonewall Jackson and the role of artillery -- James Longstreet and the changed mind? -- George Pickett and the quest for glory -- John Pemberton and inflexibility -- A.P. Hill and the tendency to criticize -- Lewis Armistead and comrades ; becoming enemies -- Summary of lessons learned -- Appendix A. Federal Civil War generals who also served in the Mexican War -- Appendix A. Confederate Civil War generals who also served in the Mexican War.
• Sommario/riassunto: A great many commanders in the American Civil War (1861-1865) served in the Mexican War (1846-1848). Civil War Leadership and Mexican War Experience explores the influence of the earlier war on those men who would become leaders of Federal and Confederate forces. Military historian Kevin Dougherty sets the context with a discussion of professional soldiering before both wars. He then depicts the unique experiences of twenty-six men in Mexico, thirteen who would later serve the Confederacy and thirteen who would remain with the Union. He traces how tactics they used and reactions they had to Ci