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Informationen zum Autor Both Clayton R. Newell and Charles R. Shrader finished their military careers as the chief of the historical services division at the U.S. Army Center of Military History and are now independent scholars and historical consultants. Newell is the author or editor of several books, including Lee vs. McClellan: The First Campaign; Shrader has also written or edited a number of books, including The Muslim-Croat Civil War in Central Bosnia: A Military History, 1991-1994. Edward M. Coffman, a professor emeritus of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is the author of many works, including The Hilt of the Sword: The Career of Peyton C. March and The War to End All Wars: The American Military Experience in World War I. Klappentext On the eve of the Civil War, the Regular Army of the United States was small, dispersed, untrained for large-scale operations, and woefully unprepared to suppress the rebellion of the secessionist states. Although the Regular Army expanded significantly during the war, reaching nearly sixty-seven thousand men, it was necessary to form an enormous army of state volunteers that overshadowed the Regulars and bore most of the combat burden. Nevertheless, the Regular Army played several critically important roles, notably providing leaders and exemplars for the Volunteers and managing the administration and logistics of the entire Union Army. In this first comprehensive study of the Regular Army in the Civil War, Clayton R. Newell and Charles R. Shrader focus primarily on the organizational history of the Regular Army and how it changed as an institution during the war, to emerge afterward as a reorganized and permanently expanded force. The eminent, award-winning military historian Edward M. Coffman provides a foreword. Zusammenfassung In this first comprehensive study of the Regular Army in the Civil War! Clayton R. Newell and Charles R. Shrader focus primarily on the organisational history of the Regular Army and how it changed as an institution during the war! to emerge afterward as a reorganised and permanently expanded force. The eminent! award-winning military historian Edward M. Coffman provides a foreword. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations 000Foreword 000Preface 000Acknowledgments 000 [introduction] The Regular Army on the Eve of the Civil WarThe Role of the Regular Army in American Society 000The U.S. Army before April 12, 1861 000The Staff Departments, April 1861 000The Line of the Army, April 1861 000Stationing of the Army, January 1861 0000Conclusion 000[part 1] 1. Headquarters of the Army 000Commander in Chief 000Secretary of War 000General in Chief 000Formulation of Strategy 000Direction of Operations 000Civilian Personnel of the War Department 000The Army Budget, 18611865 000Conclusion 0002. Regular Army Personnel, 18611865 000Decision to Keep the Regular Army Intact 000Expansion of the Regular Army, 18611865 000Temporary Regulars 000Enlisted Personnel 000Officers 000Losses of Personnel 000Conclusion 000[part 2] 3. Overview 000Evolution of the Staff Departments to 1861 000Expansion of the Staff Departments 000Staff Officers in the Field 000Staff Enlisted Personnel in the Field 000Common Challenges and Common Solutions 000Conclusion 0004. The Administrative Departments 000Adjutant General's Department 000Inspector General's Department 000Judge Advocate General's Department 000Pay Department 000Temporary Bureaus 000Conclusion 0005. Subsistence Department 000Mission and Functions 000Leadership 000Personnel 000Organization 000Operations and Issues 000Challenges and Achievements 0006. Ordnance Department 000Mission and Functions 000Leadership 000Personnel 000Organization 000Operations and Issues 000Challenges and Achievements 0007. Quartermaster's Department 000Mission and Functions 000Leade...
