03176nam 2200673Ia 450 991045638700332120200520144314.01-4696-2193-21-4696-0508-20-8078-9856-2(CKB)2520000000007790(EBL)515686(OCoLC)593325303(SSID)ssj0000344404(PQKBManifestationID)11278888(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000344404(PQKBWorkID)10307001(PQKB)10778191(StDuBDS)EDZ0000245475(MiAaPQ)EBC515686(MdBmJHUP)muse23422(Au-PeEL)EBL515686(CaPaEBR)ebr10355387(EXLCZ)99252000000000779020090420d2009 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWest Pointers and the Civil War[electronic resource] the old army in war and peace /Wayne Wei-siang HsiehChapel Hill University of North Carolina Press20091 online resource (302 p.)Civil War AmericaDescription based upon print version of record.0-8078-6600-8 0-8078-3278-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Colonials, continentals, and federals : the origins of American military professionalism -- Tactical expertise and the U.S. Army before the war with Mexico -- The old army's vindication : the Mexican war -- Tactical continuity in the decade before the Civil War -- The beginning of the end : the old army on the precipice -- War in earnest : the first battles of 1861 -- The Peninsula : Lee and McClellan leave their legacies -- Morale, cohesion, and competence from Second Bull Run to Missionary Ridge -- Decisions east and west : the end of the Civil War.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.Civil War America.Military art and scienceUnited StatesHistory19th centuryMexican War, 1846-1848CampaignsGeneralsUnited StatesHistory19th centuryUnited StatesHistory, MilitaryTo 1900United StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865CampaignsElectronic books.Military art and scienceHistoryMexican War, 1846-1848Campaigns.GeneralsHistory355.00973Hsieh Wayne Wei-siang1056376MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456387003321West Pointers and the Civil War2490691UNINA