America's Civil War: The Operational Battlefield 1862-1863

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In 1861, when the Confederate States of America seceded from the Union and Civil War broke out between the North and the South, few people had much idea of the scale, intensity, and duration of the conflict they were about to enter. Politicians, generals, and common folk on both sides blithely assumed that the conflict would be over quickly and were naively convinced of the superiority of the leadership and the forces at their disposal. Three years later, after many horrendous battles and huge loss of life, the tragic realities of this war had begun to sink in. Stalemate had led to great frustration and suggested a protracted conflict with no end in sight.
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Overview

In 1861, when the Confederate States of America seceded from the Union and Civil War broke out between the North and the South, few people had much idea of the scale, intensity, and duration of the conflict they were about to enter. Politicians, generals, and common folk on both sides blithely assumed that the conflict would be over quickly and were naively convinced of the superiority of the leadership and the forces at their disposal. Three years later, after many horrendous battles and huge loss of life, the tragic realities of this war had begun to sink in. Stalemate had led to great frustration and suggested a protracted conflict with no end in sight.
In this successor volume to his acclaimed Origins of the American Civil War (1996), Civil War historian Brian Holden Reid examines in depth the operational military history during the first three years of America's Civil War. In particular, he focuses on generalship, command decisions, strategy, and tactics, as well as the experiences of ordinary soldiers.
Besides lack of experience among generals, Holden Reid reveals that for the first few years of the war there was considerable indecisiveness in the North, a hesitancy to punish the South, and a fruitless hope that the Confederacy would agree to some form of reconciliation. He highlights certain important political and social developments during the course of the war that had an effect on Union soldiers and shows how their views became a catalyst in hardening the attitudes in the North toward the South.
This important analysis makes a major contribution to Civil War military history within the larger context of a turbulent political and social climate. It will befollowed by another work covering the final eighteen months of the conflict.


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  • ISBN-13: 9781591026051
  • Publisher: Prometheus Books
  • Publication date: 3/18/2008
  • Pages: 540
  • Sales rank: 649,106
  • Product dimensions: 6.20 (w) x 9.00 (h) x 1.40 (d)

Meet the Author

Brian Holden Reid (London, England) is professor of American history and military institutions and head of the Department of War Studies at King's College, London. Since 1993, he has been a member of the Council of the Society for Army Historical Research and from 1998 to 2004 served as chairman. In 2004-2005, he was the first non-American to serve as a member of the Lincoln Prize jury panel, which awards the most important literary prize in the field of Civil War history. His many books include The Origins of the American Civil War, The Civil War and the Wars of the Nineteenth Century, and Robert E. Lee: Icon for a Nation.

Table of Contents

Ch. 1 Why the War Came, How It Was Fought 25

Ch. 2 The First Phase: April 1861 to March 1862 49

Ch. 3 War on the Margins: September 1861 to June 1862 79

Ch. 4 Union Frustration: April to July 1862 127

Ch. 5 Confederate Frustration: July to September 1862 165

Ch. 6 The Confederacy Fumbles and a Bold Union Move: September to October 1862 203

Ch. 7 Errors in the Attack: November 1862 to March 1863 229

Ch. 8 The Ebb and Flow of Battle: April to July 1863 265

Ch. 9 Grant Triumphs over Adversity: July 1862 to July 1863 313

Ch. 10 Breaking the Deadlock in Tennessee: June to December 1863 345

Ch. 11 Halftime: The Transformation of a War 389

Ch. 12 The Experience of War 413

Postscript: The Problem of Indecisiveness 441

Bibliography 451

Index 471

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