An argument settler--and starter--for Civil War buffs who want to know which side had the better soldiers: Armies South, Armies North definitively compares the military forces of both sides.
Civil War buffs are always arguing over which side had the better soldiers. Armies South/Armies North by Alan Axelrod helps readers reconsider their understanding of Americas most harrowing war. Axelrod is the author of more than one hundred books with a passion for military history and leadership. Each chapter of his new book compares the military forces with both quantitative and qualitative measures. Axelrod analyzes the equipment, the leadership and strategies, and the men who fought in each army, with additional focus on lesser known flash points during the war.
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PART ONE BROTHERS IN ARMS |
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Chapter 1 Revolution, 1812, and Mexico |
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Chapter 3 On the Eve of Secession |
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PART TWO BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER |
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Chapter 4 Esprit and Economics |
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Chapter 5 The South Mobilizes |
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44 | (7) |
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Chapter 6 The North Mobilizes |
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Chapter 7 The Confederate Army |
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60 | (6) |
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66 | (8) |
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Chapter 9 Johnny Reb and His Commanders |
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Chapter 10 Billy Yank and His Commanders |
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Chapter 11 Confederate Uniforms, Equipment, and Arms |
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Chapter 12 Union Uniforms, Equipment, and Arms |
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Chapter 13 The African-American Civil War |
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Chapter 14 Medics South, Medics North |
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Chapter 15 POWs South, POWs North |
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PART THREE THE PRINCIPAL ARMIES |
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Chapter 16 Army of Northern Virginia |
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144 | (11) |
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Chapter 17 Army of the Trans-Mississippi |
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155 | (9) |
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Chapter 18 Army of Tennessee |
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164 | (9) |
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Chapter 19 Army of the Potomac |
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Chapter 20 Army of the Southwest (Army of Southwest Missouri) |
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Chapter 21 Army of the Mississippi |
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196 | (8) |
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Chapter 22 Army of the Tennessee |
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Chapter 23 Army of the Cumberland |
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216 | (8) |
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Chapter 24 Army of the Ohio |
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224 | (8) |
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Chapter 25 Army of the James |
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Chapter 26 Army of the Shenandoah |
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| Afterword: The Calculus of Victory and Defeat |
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| Endnotes |
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| Index |
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| About the Author |
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Alan Axelrod is the author of many books on leadership, management, history, military history, corporate history, career, general business, and more. After receiving his Ph.D. in English from the University of Iowa in 1979, Axelrod taught early American literature and culture at Lake Forest College (Lake Forest, Illinois) and at Furman University (Greenville, South Carolina). He then entered scholarly publishing in 1982 as associate editor and scholar with the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum (Winterthur, Delaware), an institution specializing in the history and material culture of America prior to 1832. Axelrod was a featured speaker at the 2004 Conference on Excellence in Government (Washington, D.C.), at the Leadership Institute of Columbia College (Columbia, South Carolina), and at the 2005 Annual Conference of the Goizueta School of Business, Emory University (Atlanta), and the 2014 annual conference of Ecopetrol (Bogota, Colombia).
