Of Duty Well and Faithfully Done

Both Clayton R. Newell and Charles R. Shrader finished their military careers as the chief of the historical services division at the U.S. Army Center of Military History and are now independent scholars and historical consultants. Newell is the author or editor of several books, including Lee vs. McClellan: The First Campaign; Shrader has also written or edited a number of books, including The Muslim-Croat Civil War in Central Bosnia: A Military History, 1991–1994. Edward M. Coffman, a professor emeritus of history at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, is the author of many works, including The Hilt of the Sword: The Career of Peyton C. March and The War to End All Wars: The American Military Experience in World War I.

"Clayton Newell and Charles Shrader have created the literature's best one stop resource for the Regular Army in the Civil War."—Andrew Waggenhoffer, Civil War Books and Authors "This is a careful examination and explanation of the army's departments, their functions, success and failures during the war. . . . The authors have a very sure hand, presenting information in a combination of text and tables each complementing the other. The book is full of nuggets of information that are both fun and informative. . . . If you wish to understand how the army worked, this is the book for you."—Brett Schulte, TOCWOC "If numbers, organization charts and statistical tables get your pulse racing, this history of the growth and development of the Regular Army during the war is for you. It will become the definitive study of an important, but too often overlooked, subject."—Gordon Berg, Civil War Times 'This is an absolutely essential work for any serious student of the military aspects of the Civil war or the history of the U.S. Army and of American warmaking."—A. A. Nofi, Strategy Page "Authors Newell and Shrader, both retired from the Army Center of Military History, have produced an important and useful work. The research is extensive, and their interpretations are well supported by relevant facts."—Roger D. Cunningham, Journal of America's Military Past [Of Duty Well and Faithfully Done] is a significant and useful work that should have a place in the library of every Civil war researcher."—Steven C Haack, Army History

• List of Illustrations   000Foreword    000Preface     000Acknowledgments   000 [introduction] The Regular Army on the Eve of the Civil WarThe Role of the Regular Army in American Society      000The U.S. Army before April 12, 1861 000The Staff Departments, April 1861   000The Line of the Army, April 1861    000Stationing of the Army, January 1861      0000Conclusion  000[part 1] Regular Army Leaders and Personnel1. Headquarters of the Army   000Commander in Chief      000Secretary of War  000General in Chief  000Formulation of Strategy 000Direction of Operations 000Civilian Personnel of the War Department  000The Army Budget, 18611865 000Conclusion  0002. Regular Army Personnel, 18611865   000Decision to Keep the Regular Army Intact  000Expansion of the Regular Army, 18611865     000Temporary Regulars      000Enlisted Personnel      000Officers    000Losses of Personnel     000Conclusion  000[part 2] The Staff Departments3. Overview 000Evolution of the Staff Departments to 1861      000Expansion of the Staff Departments  000Staff Officers in the Field   000Staff Enlisted Personnel in the Field     000Common Challenges and Common Solutions    000Conclusion  0004. The Administrative Departments   000Adjutant General's Department 000Inspector General's Department      000Judge Advocate General's Department 000Pay Department    000Temporary Bureaus 000Conclusion  0005. Subsistence Department     000Mission and Functions   000Leadership  000Personnel   000Organization      000Operations and Issues   000Challenges and Achievements   0006. Ordnance Department  000Mission and Functions   000Leadership  000Personnel   000Organization      000Operations and Issues   000Challenges and Achievements   0007. Quartermaster's Department 000Mission and Functions   000Leadership  000Personnel   000Organization      000Operations and Issues   000Challenges and Achievements   0008. Medical Department   000Mission and Functions   000Leadership  000Personnel   000Organization      000Operations and Issues   000Challenges and Achievements   000[part 3] The Army in the Field9. Transition to War    000Army Life on the Eve of the War     000Confrontation in the East     000Surrender in Texas      000Events in the West      000Adding More Regulars    000The First Big Battle    000War Begins in the West  000A Year of Transition    00010. The Infantry  000Regimental Colonels     000The Old Regiments 000The New Regiments 000Casualties  000Valverde, February 1862 000The Regular Infantry Division in the East 000The Regular Infantry Brigade in the West  000Regular Infantry in the War   00011. The Cavalry   000Regimental Colonels     000Regiments   000Casualties  000Cavalry Horses    000Cavalry with the Army of the Potomac      000The Army of the Shenandoah    000The Last Campaign, 1865 000Regular Cavalry in the War    00012. The Artillery 000Artillery in the Mexican War  000Regimental Colonels     000Regiments   000Casualties  000Guns  000Artillery Horses  000Horse Artillery   000Artillery in the Army of the Potomac      000Gettysburg, July 1863   000Other Union Army Artillery    000Shiloh, April 1862      000Regular Artillery in the War  00013. The Fighting Bureaus      000Corps of Engineers      000Signal Corps      000[conclusion] Reflections on the Regular Army in the Civil War     000Transition to Peace     000"The Efficient Discharge of Duty"   000"The Performance of Gallant Deeds"  000An Epitaph for the Regular Army     000 Appendix: Selected Acts of Congress Pertaining to the Regular Army      000Notes 000Glossary of Acronyms Used in the Text     000Selected Bibliography   000Index 000