The American Civil War is filled with fascinating characters. This collection of biographical essays on the “winners and losers” of the Civil War covers some of the most intriguing: Ulysses S. Grant, George B. McClellan, Sam Houston, Albert Sidney Johnston, Nathan Bedford Forrest, and William Clarke Quantrill, to name just a few.In Articles of War you’ll discover:Some Winners·Ulysses S. Grant, whose brilliant Vicksburg Campaign was a model of military strategy·John A. “Black Jack” Logan, one of the war’s few successful political generals·Nathan Bedford Forrest, a natural military genius despite his “Lost Cause”Some Losers·George B. McClellan, whose lack of eagerness cost the Union two opportunities to win the war·Earl Van Dorn, a victim of sheer bad luck·Theophilus H. Holmes, the little-known incompetent, called “granny Holmes” by his own menSome Winners Who Became Losers·Albert Sidney Johnston, the Confederacy’s “General Who Might Have Been”·Leonidas Polk, whose initial good luck even
