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- catalog abstract "Starting with a brief review of general strategic policies, North and South, the author traces the development of Confederate strategy between Shiloh and Vicksburg with care and skill. The author offers several interesting, new insights. George Wythe Randolph, second of the six men who served as Confederate Secretary of War, emerges as a far more influential policymaker than was previously thought. Combing the official records and scattered Randolph letters in various manuscript collections, the author skillfully employs both positive and negative evidence to suggest that Randolph was by no means "Jefferson Davis's clerk"; the Secretary apparently played a key role in the passage of the important Conscription Act of 1862 and in the partial unification of the western command under a single department just before his resignation in the fall of that year. Another insight comes from the entire Joseph E. Johnston-Jefferson Davis controversy which also takes on different dimensions for both. Davis was far more flexible in dealing with problems of troop disposition and defensive strategy. Johnston was far more active and resourceful as departmental commanded. The author concludes with an account of the crisis in strategic planning of the spring of 1863. At this time, the relative merits of action in the East and West are debated, strongly influenced by Johnston's trusteeship in the West.".
- catalog contributor b7739711.
- catalog coverage "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns.".
- catalog coverage "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865.".
- catalog created "[1961]".
- catalog date "1961".
- catalog date "[1961]".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "[1961]".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. 241-249. Bibliographical footnotes.".
- catalog description "Starting with a brief review of general strategic policies, North and South, the author traces the development of Confederate strategy between Shiloh and Vicksburg with care and skill. The author offers several interesting, new insights. George Wythe Randolph, second of the six men who served as Confederate Secretary of War, emerges as a far more influential policymaker than was previously thought. Combing the official records and scattered Randolph letters in various manuscript collections, the author skillfully employs both positive and negative evidence to suggest that Randolph was by no means "Jefferson Davis's clerk"; the Secretary apparently played a key role in the passage of the important Conscription Act of 1862 and in the partial unification of the western command under a single department just before his resignation in the fall of that year. Another insight comes from the entire Joseph E. Johnston-Jefferson Davis controversy which also takes on different dimensions for both. Davis was far more flexible in dealing with problems of troop disposition and defensive strategy. Johnston was far more active and resourceful as departmental commanded. The author concludes with an account of the crisis in strategic planning of the spring of 1863. At this time, the relative merits of action in the East and West are debated, strongly influenced by Johnston's trusteeship in the West.".
- catalog description "The North's grand strategy -- The South's strategic policy -- The first crisis -- The Western kaleidoscope -- Western reorganization -- A new adviser and new commander -- Johnston and Davis survey the situation -- The inception of departmental strategy -- Complications with personnel -- The realization of departmental planning -- The Gettysburg decision -- Shiloh to Vicksburg, an evaluation.".
- catalog extent "xxi, 258 p.".
- catalog issued "1961".
- catalog issued "[1961]".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press".
- catalog spatial "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns.".
- catalog spatial "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865.".
- catalog subject "973.73013".
- catalog subject "Confederate States of America. War Department.".
- catalog subject "E470.8 .J6 1961".
- catalog tableOfContents "The North's grand strategy -- The South's strategic policy -- The first crisis -- The Western kaleidoscope -- Western reorganization -- A new adviser and new commander -- Johnston and Davis survey the situation -- The inception of departmental strategy -- Complications with personnel -- The realization of departmental planning -- The Gettysburg decision -- Shiloh to Vicksburg, an evaluation.".
- catalog title "Confederate strategy from Shiloh to Vicksburg.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".