Controversies & Commanders: Dispatches from the Army of the Potomac

Stephen W Sears

ISBN 10: 0618057064 / ISBN 13: 9780618057061

Published by Houghton Mifflin August 2000, 2000

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Controversies & Commanders: Dispatches from the Army of the Potomac
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin August 2000
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0618057064
• ISBN 13: 9780618057061
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Condition: Used
• Seller catalogs:
  • Military History/Civil War

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Synopsis

CONTROVERSIES AND COMMANDERS is a fascinating look at some of the most intriguing generals in the Union's Army of the Potomac and at some of the most extraordinary events of the Civil War, chronicled by one of our leading historians, Stephen W. Sears. Sears investigates the accusations of disloyalty against General Charles Stone; the court-martial of Fitz John Porter; the crisis in army command on the eve of the Antietam battle; the Lost Order of Antietam; the revolt of the Potomac army's high command; the notorious General Dan Sickles, who had shot his wife's lover outside the White House; the murderous Kilpatrick-Dahlgren raid on Richmond; the firing of corps commander Gouverneur Warren on the eve of victory; and the much maligned Generals McClellan (justifiably) and Hooker (not so justifiably). The book follows the Army of the Potomac through the course of the war, from 1861 to 1865, painting a remarkable portrait of key incidents and personalities that influenced the outcome of our nation's greatest cataclysm.

About the Author

STEPHEN W. SEARS is the author of many award-winning books on the Civil War, including Gettysburg and Landscape Turned Red. A former editor at American Heritage, he lives in Connecticut.,