Albert Sidney Johnston: Soldier of Three Republics / Edition 2

by Charles P. Roland

Overview

Selected as one of the best one hundred books ever written on the Civil War by Civil War Times Illustrated and by Civil War: The Magazine of the Civil War Society

With a new foreword by Gary W. Gallagher, Albert Sidney Johnston is the only full-scale biography of the Confederacy's top-ranking field general during the opening campaigns of the Civil War.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813190006
Publisher:	University Press of Kentucky
Publication date:	01/11/2001
Edition description:	REVISED
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.88(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

	List of Illustrations	ix
	List of Maps	x
	Foreword	xi
	Preface	xiii
	Prologue	3
1.	Origins of a Soldier	6
2.	Garrison and Fireside	20
3.	Chastisement of Black Hawk	31
4.	Family Tragedy	47
5.	Texas Command	53
6.	Scourge of the Red Man	81
7.	Invasions, Politics, and Romance	104
8.	Valor at Monterrey	124
9.	Texas Planter and Oracle	140
10.	Frontier Paymaster	155
11.	The Second Cavalry Comes to Texas	168
12.	Federal Authority and Mormon Resistance	185
13.	Military Occupation and Latter-Day Theocracy	215
14.	Pacific Service and Desert Anabasis	238
15.	Confederate Command	258
16.	Defeat at the Rivers	279
17.	Retreat and Recovery	298
18.	Shiloh and Fulfillment	326
	Epilogue	352
	Bibliography	355
	Index	367

Editorial Reviews

A masterly biography of a man cast in the heroic mold.

Journal of American History

A valuable biography of this outstanding officer.

NYMAS Newsletter

A biography of the Kentucky native who might have been mentioned in the same breath as Robert E. Lee had Johnston not died while commanding Confederate troops at the battle of Shiloh in 1862, only a year after the war started.

Lexington Herald-Leader

The classic treatment of Johnston.

American Historical Review

Must reading for Civil War buffs and readers of military history.

McCormick (SC) Messenger

Those readers interested in biographical works on the Civil War's leaders would do well to have a copy.... No portion of Johnston's life, from his military and personal affairs, his financial failures and military successes, is left uncovered.

ACW Gaming and Reading Blog

The view of army life and the terrible decisions that many southern officers had to make at the beginning will provide an excellent background for further understanding the Civil War.

Paper Wars

Johnston's early years, military career, and encounters with Indians, Mormons, and Union soldiers are the focus of this 'masterly' study.

Civil War Book Review

"Those readers interested in biographical works on the Civil War's leaders would do well to have a copy.... No portion of Johnston's life, from his military and personal affairs, his financial failures and military successes, is left uncovered. " — ACW Gaming and Reading Blog

"The classic treatment of Johnston." — American Historical Review

"Johnston's early years, military career, and encounters with Indians, Mormons, and Union soldiers are the focus of this 'masterly' study." — Civil War Book Review

"A masterly biography of a man cast in the heroic mold." — Journal of American History

"A biography of the Kentucky native who might have been mentioned in the same breath as Robert E. Lee had Johnston not died while commanding Confederate troops at the battle of Shiloh in 1862, only a year after the war started." — Lexington Herald-Leader

"Must reading for Civil War buffs and readers of military history." — McCormick (SC) Messenger

"A valuable biography of this outstanding officer." — NYMAS Newsletter

"The view of army life and the terrible decisions that many southern officers had to make at the beginning will provide an excellent background for further understanding the Civil War." — Paper Wars

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