Generals In Blue And Gray

Prior to the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln had no experience in military service, but he had the advantages of a government structure and the remnants of an army in place. Jefferson Davis was a graduate of West Point, a veteran of the Mexican War, and a Secretary of war under the Pierce Administration, but he had to start from scratch to construct both a government and an army. This two-volume set uses biographical sketches of key generals on each side to examines the actions of Lincoln and Davis, as commanders-in-chief. Each volume contains more than twenty stand-alone biographical chapters that, if taken together, tell the story of the Civil War.Jones, Wilmer L. is the author of 'Generals In Blue And Gray', published 2004 under ISBN 9780275983246 and ISBN 0275983242.