{"product_id":"of-duty-well-and-faithfully-done-9780803219106","title":"Of Duty Well and Faithfully Done","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this first comprehensive study of the Regular Army in the Civil War, Clayton R. Newell and Charles R. Shrader focus primarily on the organisational history of the Regular Army and how it changed as an institution during the war, to emerge afterward as a reorganised and permanently expanded force. The eminent, award-winning military historian Edward M. Coffman provides a foreword.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Clayton Newell and Charles Shrader have created the literature's best one stop resource for the Regular Army in the Civil War.\"—Andrew Waggenhoffer, \u003ci\u003eCivil War Books and Authors\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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\u003cbr\u003e\"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, \u003ci\u003eCivil War Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'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, \u003ci\u003eStrategy Page\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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, \u003ci\u003eJournal of America's Military Past\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[\u003ci\u003eOf Duty Well and Faithfully Done\u003c\/i\u003e] is a significant and useful work that should have a place in the library of every Civil war researcher.\"—Steven C Haack, \u003ci\u003eArmy History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations   000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword    000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface     000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments   000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[introduction] The Regular Army on the Eve of the Civil War\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Role of the Regular Army in American Society      000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe U.S. Army before April 12, 1861 000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Staff Departments, April 1861   000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Line of the Army, April 1861    000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStationing of the Army, January 1861      0000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion  000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[part 1] Regular Army Leaders and Personnel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Headquarters of the Army   000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCommander in Chief      000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSecretary of War  000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeneral in Chief  000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFormulation of Strategy 000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDirection of Operations 000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCivilian Personnel of the War Department  000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Army Budget, 18611865 000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion  000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Regular Army Personnel, 18611865   000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDecision to Keep the Regular Army Intact  000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExpansion of the Regular Army, 18611865     000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTemporary Regulars      000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnlisted Personnel      000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOfficers    000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLosses of Personnel     000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion  000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[part 2] The Staff Departments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Overview 000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvolution of the Staff Departments to 1861      000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExpansion of the Staff Departments  000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStaff Officers in the Field   000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStaff Enlisted Personnel in the Field     000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCommon Challenges and Common Solutions    000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion  000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. The Administrative Departments   000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdjutant General's Department 000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspector General's Department      000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJudge Advocate General's Department 000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePay Department    000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTemporary Bureaus 000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion  000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Subsistence Department     000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMission and Functions   000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeadership  000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePersonnel   000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrganization      000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOperations and Issues   000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChallenges and Achievements   000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. Ordnance Department  000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMission and Functions   000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeadership  000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePersonnel   000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrganization      000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOperations and Issues   000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChallenges and Achievements   000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. Quartermaster's Department 000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMission and Functions   000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeadership  000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePersonnel   000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrganization      000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOperations and Issues   000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChallenges and Achievements   000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. Medical Department   000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMission and Functions   000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeadership  000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePersonnel   000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrganization      000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOperations and Issues   000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChallenges and Achievements   000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[part 3] The Army in the Field\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. Transition to War    000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArmy Life on the Eve of the War     000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConfrontation in the East     000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSurrender in Texas      000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvents in the West      000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdding More Regulars    000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe First Big Battle    000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWar Begins in the West  000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Year of Transition    000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10. The Infantry  000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRegimental Colonels     000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Old Regiments 000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe New Regiments 000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCasualties  000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eValverde, February 1862 000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Regular Infantry Division in the East 000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Regular Infantry Brigade in the West  000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRegular Infantry in the War   000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11. The Cavalry   000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRegimental Colonels     000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRegiments   000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCasualties  000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCavalry Horses    000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCavalry with the Army of the Potomac      000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Army of the Shenandoah    000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Last Campaign, 1865 000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRegular Cavalry in the War    000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12. The Artillery 000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArtillery in the Mexican War  000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRegimental Colonels     000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRegiments   000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCasualties  000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGuns  000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArtillery Horses  000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHorse Artillery   000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArtillery in the Army of the Potomac      000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGettysburg, July 1863   000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOther Union Army Artillery    000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShiloh, April 1862      000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRegular Artillery in the War  000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13. The Fighting Bureaus      000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCorps of Engineers      000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSignal Corps      000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[conclusion] Reflections on the Regular Army in the Civil War     000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTransition to Peace     000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Efficient Discharge of Duty\"   000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Performance of Gallant Deeds\"  000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn Epitaph for the Regular Army     000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix: Selected Acts of Congress Pertaining to the Regular Army      000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes 000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlossary of Acronyms Used in the Text     000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelected Bibliography   000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex 000\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405242802519,"sku":"9780803219106","price":55.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780803219106.jpg?v=1730489251","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/of-duty-well-and-faithfully-done-9780803219106","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}