About 1,000 men from North and South were promoted to one of the several grades of general's rank during the Civil War. Some, like Lee and Grant, were brilliant. Others never led in battle but served well as administrators. A few proved to be utterly incompetent, while others of capability remained -- and remain -- unsung. In a highly readable text, with the additional benefit of numerous contemporary illustrations, and photographs of surviving military...
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