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Commander of all Lincoln's armies : a life of General Henry W. Halleck /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marszalek, John F., 1939-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2004.
Subjects:
Halleck, H. W. > (Henry Wager), > 1815-1872.
Generals > United States > Biography.
United States. > Army > Biography.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Biography.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Campaigns.
Table of Contents:
  • Born to gentility, educated to Elitism
  • Army engineer at home and abroad
  • War and peace in California
  • From soldier to businessman
  • From peace to war
  • Commander of the western theater
  • Supreme commander
  • War by Washington telegraph
  • The western generals bring success
  • Chief of staff under grant
  • From war to peace.