Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders

When Generals in Gray was published in 1959, scholars and critics immediately hailed it as one of the few indispensable books on the Civil War. Stanley F. Horn, for example, wrote, "It is difficult for a reviewer to restrain his enthusiasm in recommending a monumental book of this high quality and value."

In the present volume Ezra J. Warner does for the Union generals what he did for the Confederate commanders in Generals in Gray. In writing biographical sketches of the 583 men who attained...