first edition Hard Cover
1964 · Baton Rouge
by Warner, Ezra J
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1964. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 104x36x152. First edition. Former U.S. Army library copy - usual marks. Jacket spine head rubbed. 1964 Hard Cover. xxiv, 680 pp. 8vo. Warner's classic reference work includes intriguing biographical sketches and a rare collection of photographs of all 583 men who attained the rank of general in the Union Army. Here are the West Point graduates and the political appointees; the gifted, the mediocre, and the inexcusably bad; those of impeccable virtue and those who abused their position; the northern-born, the foreign-born, and the southerners who remained loyal to the Union. Warner's valuable introduction discusses the criteria for appointment and compares the civilian careers of both Union and Confederate generals, revealing striking differences in the two groups. Generals in Blue is that rare bookâan essential volume for scholars, a prized item for buffs, and a biographical dictionary that the casual reader will find absorbing. (Inventory #: 2329162)