West Pointers and the Civil War: The Old Army in War and Peace, Large Print Ed

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.

Author: Wayne Wei-Siang Hsieh
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 11/01/2010
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.19lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 1.18d
ISBN: 9780807866009

About the Author
Hsieh, Wayne Wei-Siang: - Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh is associate professor of history at the United States Naval Academy and has served with the U.S. State Department on a Provincial Reconstruction Team in Iraq.

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