The Soldiers' General: Major General Gouverneur K. Warren and the Civil War

History is indeed written by the victors and it has not been kind to the memory of Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren. The traditional image of Warren as a self-important, sullen, and cautious commander who, despite his many talents, was unreliable in a crisis was cemented into place by Gens. Phil Sheridan and Ulysses S. Grant—the two men who removed him from command. The Soldiers’ General: Major General Gouverneur K. Warren and the Civil War, by Paula C. Walker and Robert I Girardi, offers rea...