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Correspondence of Major General Emory Upton
Emory Upton (1839-1881) was thrust into the Civil War immediately upon graduation from the United States Military Academy at West Point in May of 1861. He participated in nearly every major battle in the Eastern Theater including Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, and Spotsylvania, where he led a prominent attack on entrenched Confederate positions - a signal of Upton's brilliance as an officer and of his military creativity that foreshadowed his later work in revising the Army's tactics. Upton was mustered out of service in 1866 and later named commandant of cadets at West Point. Until now, the only lenses through which scholars could study Upton were two biographies published nearly a century apart but practically identical in scope and treatment of Upton. The two-volume Correspondence of Major General Emory Upton follows Upton through his enrollment at West Point to his extensive Army activities following the Civil War and contains the bulk of Emory Upton's wartime correspondence. -- from volumes 1 and 2.
Volume one, with Upton's Civil War correspondence encompasses both larger battle details and day-to-day activities in the life of a soldier. His letters reveal a mercurial individual, a humorous person used to suffering and rejoicing, who could be flawed and brilliant, vain and humble. These selected letters and reports, expertly annotated and gathered from repositories across the country, present a more complex, human Emory Upton. He is both the "clean, pure, and spotless" individual of biographies and the ambitious, yet flawed Army officer obsessed with his career. These volumes explore his trials and frustrations as well as his triumphs.
Volume two collects Upton's foreign correspondence and observations on military tactics and Army reform. Upton was sent on a tour to study the armies of Asia and Europe, and more specifically the German army after conclusion of the Franco-Prussian War. This tour resulted in the publication of his monumental The Armies of Europe and Asia, which warned that the U.S. Army was woefully below the standards of European nations. Upton's ideas on reform were often central to the arguments, and his letters and writings provoked a wide range of discussion over military and, inevitably, civilian issues. These selected letters and reports present a more complex, human Emory Upton. He is both the "clean, pure, and spotless" individual of biographies and the ambitious, yet flawed Army officer obsessed with his career. These volumes explore his trials and frustrations as well as his triumphs.
Volume 1. 1857-1875 -- Chapter 1. Cadet: February 1857-April 1861 -- Chapter 2. Artillery commander: May 1861-September 1862 -- Chapter 3. Infantry commander: October 1862-September 1863 -- Chapter 4. Rappahannock station to winter camp: November 1863-April 1864 -- Chapter 5. The Overland Campaign and the Shenandoah valley: May 1864-September 1864 -- Chapter 6. The Western theater and Wilson's Raid: October 1864-July 1865 -- Chapter 7. The Postwar years and tactics: August 1865-December 1868 -- Chapter 8. Love and death: January 1869-June 1870 -- Chapter 9. Commandant of cadets: June 1870-December 1872 -- Chapter 10. Testing the tactics: January 1873-June 1875 -- Appendix: 1852 letter.
Volume 2. 1875-1881 -- Chapter 1. Japan: July 27, 1875-September 23, 1875 -- Chapter 2. China: October 1, 1875-November 13, 1875 -- Chapter 3. India and Afghanistan: November 25, 1875-February 19, 1876 -- Chapter 4. Persia and Turkey: February 20, 1876-May 8, 1876 -- Chapter 5. Europe: May 16, 1876-October 22, 1876 -- Chapter 6. The armies of Asia and Europe: December 27, 1876-June 16, 1877 -- Chapter 7. Publishing The Armies: July 6, 1877-December 15, 1877 -- Chapter 8. Reforming the Army: January 13, 1878-July 13, 1878 -- Chapter 9. Writing Military Police: July 22, 1878-December 26, 1878 -- Chapter 10. The Burnside Bill: January 5, 1879-December 9, 1879 -- Chapter 11. Fort Monroe to The Presidio: January 20, 1880-June 29, 1880 -- Chapter 12. The last post: July 6, 1880-March 14, 1881.
Includes bibliographical references and index.