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More Generals in Gray.
Title:
More Generals in Gray.
Author:
Allardice, Bruce S.
ISBN:
9780807155745
Personal Author:
Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (388 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Biographical Sketches -- CHARLES W. A DAMS -- JAMES LUSK ALCORN -- CHARLES DAVID ANDERSON -- CHARLES DEWITT ANDERSON -- HENRY MARSHALL ASHBY -- ARTHUR PENDLETON BAGBY -- SMITH PYNE BANKHEAD -- JAMES WILLIAM BARNES -- WILLIAM TAYLOR SULLIVAN BARRY -- FRANCIS STEBBINS BARTOW -- JOHN ROBERT BAYLOR -- ALFRED BECKLEY -- SANTOS BENAVIDES -- JAMES BOGGS -- PINCKNEY DOWNIE BOWLES -- THOMAS H. BRADLEY -- JOSEPH LANCASTER BRENT -- (PIERRE) BENJAMIN BUISSON -- MICHAEL JEFFERSON BULGER -- NAPOLEON BONAPARTE BURROW -- FRANCIS WITHERS CAPERS -- JAMES HARVEY CARSON -- REUBEN WALKER CARSWELL -- WILLIAM RICHARD CASWELL -- AUGUSTUS ALEXANDRIA CHAPMAN -- WILLIAM HENRY CHASE -- DAVID CLARK -- JOHN BULLOCK CLARK -- MERIWETHER LEWIS CLARK -- JEREMIAH CLEMENS -- JOHN THRELKELD COX -- CHARLES COTILDA CREWS -- ROBERT H. CUMBY -- CHARLES GUSTAVUS ULRIC DAHLGREN -- JEFFERSON DAVIS -- REUBEN DAVIS -- XAVIER BLANCHARD DEBRAY -- WILMOT GIBBS DE SAUSSURE -- JOHN JACKSON DICKISON -- ARCHIBALD S. DOBBINS -- HENRY KYD DOUGLAS -- RICHARD GILL MILLS DUNOVANT -- THOMAS TURNER FAUNTLEROY -- JOHN CALVIN FISER -- RICHARD FERDINAND FLOYD -- JOHN SALMON FORD -- JEFFREY E. FORREST -- ROBERT COLEMAN FOSTER III -- DANIEL GOULD FOWLE -- EDWARD W. GANTT -- ALBERT CRESWELL GARLINGTON -- JAMES ZACHARIAH GEORGE -- GEORGE COUPER GIBBS -- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN GORDON -- COLTON GREENE -- JOHN SUMMERFIELDFIELD GRIFFITH -- JOHN WARREN GRIGSBY -- WALTER GWYNN -- JAMES HAGAN -- MOSES WRIGHT HANNON -- WILLIAM HENRY HARMAN -- KENTON HARPER -- DAVID BULLOCK HARRIS -- JEPTHA VINING HARRIS -- THOMAS ALEXANDER HARRIS -- GEORGE PAUL HARRISON, JR. -- GEORGE PAUL HARRISON, SR. -- RICHARD HARRISON -- ROBERT JOHNSON HENDERSON -- JOHN FRANKLIN HOKE -- WILLIAM JAMES HOKE -- JOHN TAYLOR HUGHES.

SIDNEY DRAKE JACKMAN -- CLAIBORNE FOX JACKSON -- ALEXANDER CALDWELL JONES -- THOMAS MARSHALL JONES -- WILBURN HILL KING -- LEVIN MAJOR LEWIS -- PHILIP NOLAND LUCKETT -- HINCHIE PARHAM MABRY -- ROBERT PLUNKET MACLAY -- JOHN F. MARSHALL -- JOHN DONELSON MARTIN -- JOHN DAVID MCADOO -- JAMES HAGGIN MCBRIDE -- HENRY KENT MCCAY -- THOMAS HAMILTON MCCRAY -- JOHN WESLEY MCELROY -- PETER ALEXANDER SELKIRK MCGLASHAN -- JAMES ADDISON MCMURRY -- GILBERT SIMRALL MEEM -- WILLIAM RAPHAEL MILES -- SAMUEL PRESTON MOORE -- CHRISTOPHER HAYNES MOTT -- THOMAS TAYLOR MUNFORD -- JOHN EDWARD MURRAY -- PATRICK HENRY NELSON -- JOHN WILLIAM O'FRRRALL -- WILLIAM HENRY PARSONS -- NICHOLAS BARTLETT PEARCE -- CHARLES W. PHIFER -- PLEASANT JACKSON PHILLIPS -- WILLIAM PHILLIPS -- JOHN GALBRAITH PRATT -- EDWIN WALLER PRICE -- GEORGE WASHINGTON RAINS -- JAMES SPENCER RAINS -- HORACE RANDAL -- JOHN COLEMAN REID -- ARTHUR EXUM REYNOLDS -- THOMAS GRIMKÉ RHETT -- ELIJAH STERLING CLACK ROBERTSON -- REUBEN REDDICK ROSS -- EDMUND WINCHESTER RUCKER -- ALFRED ALEXANDER RUSSELL -- RAPHAEL SEMMES -- WILLIAM PINKNEY SHINGLER -- JAMES SIMONS -- GEORGE AUGUSTUS SMITH III -- JOHN LOUIS TAYLOR SNEED -- PIERRE SOULÉ -- ALEXANDER EARLY STEEN -- ALEXANDER WATKINS TERRELL -- MERIWETHER THOMPSON -- JAMES WEBB THROCKMORTON -- GASPARD TOCHMAN -- ELISHA LEFFINGWELL TRACY -- JAMES DEBERTY TRUDEAU -- WILLIAM BARTEE WADE -- JOHN ANDREAS WAGENER -- FRANCIS MARION WALKER -- ABSALOM MADDEN WEST -- STEPHEN M. WESTMORE -- FRANCIS EUGENE WHITFIELD -- EDWARD S. WILLIS -- GILBERT JEFFERSON WRIGHT -- JAMES YELL -- Appendix -- Bibliography.
Abstract:
In this masterpiece of research, a splendid supplement to Ezra J. Warner's Generals in Gray, Bruce S. Allardice brings to light a neglected class of officers: the Confederacy's "other" generals -- men who attained their rank outside the usual avenue of appointment by President Jefferson Davis and who had been virtually forgotten as a consequence. Explaining that the process of becoming a general was fraught with politics, lobbying, intrigue, accident, mismanagement, and chance, Allardice identifies six main categories of legitimate claimants to the rank of Confederate General -- two more than historians have traditionally recognized. He presents a substantial biographical sketch of 137 generals not found in Warner's original and a short bibliography of each. For the vast majority, his is the first treatment ever published.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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