{"product_id":"more-important-than-good-generals-junior-officers-in-the-army-of-the-tennessee-paperback","title":"More Important Than Good Generals: Junior Officers in the Army of the Tennessee - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJonathan Engel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Union's forgotten mid-level officers and their commitment to the cause\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMore Important Than Good Generals\u003c\/em\u003e is an in-depth study of the Army of the Tennessee's junior officers--the company and field grade lieutenants, captains, majors, lieutenant colonels, and colonels. While many studies have examined generals and common soldiers, Civil War armies' \"middle management\" has been largely ignored. Officers had a substantially different array of duties than the soldiers they commanded and the generals above them, resulting in a drastically different wartime experience. Moreover, it is not only Civil War officers who have been overlooked but also the army Grant and Sherman commanded--the Army of the Tennessee--despite the fact that it was one of the most victorious armies of the war.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Pushing back against the commonly accepted narrative of disillusionment among officers, Engel concludes that the Army of the Tennessee's company and field grade officers endured the war's trials with their moral and political ideology intact. Further, rather than becoming indifferent to the Union cause, Engel argues that the reverse was often true: officers who started off racist or disinterested in the issue of enslavement became advocates of emancipation.\u003c\/p\u003e Engagingly written and meticulously researched, \u003cem\u003eMore Important Than Good Generals\u003c\/em\u003e is a lasting work of scholarship that will appeal to Civil War historians and general readers alike.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJonathan Engel \u003c\/strong\u003eis an independent Civil War historian. His work has been published in the \u003cem\u003eJournal of East Tennessee History, \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eCivil War History, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eJournal of Military History, \u003c\/em\u003e among other publications.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 9 x 6.13 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 14, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52813263569229,"sku":"9781606354896","price":53.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/b4JXDCRkvd9781606354896.webp?v=1763801638","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/more-important-than-good-generals-junior-officers-in-the-army-of-the-tennessee-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}