Lincoln's Political Generals: The Battlefield Performance of Seven Controversial Appointees

Synopsis

Lincoln's Most Controversial Generals--his So-called Political Generals--were Appointed, Promoted Or Kept In Service For Political Purposes Without Regard For Their Competence. It Seems But Little Better Than Murder, The Army's General In Chief, Henry Halleck, Protested, To Give Important Commands To Such Men. The Book Shows These Seven Generals--butler, Banks, Sigel, Fremont, Mcclernand, Hurlbut And Wallace--in Action, Allowing Readers To Decide For Themselves If Halleck Was Right In His Withering Assessment Of Lincoln's Political Generals. Major General Benjamin Franklin Butler -- Major General Nathaniel Prentice Banks -- Major General Franz Sigel -- Major General John Charles Fremont -- Major General John Alexander Mcclernand -- Major General Stephen Augustus Hurlbut -- Major General Lewis Wallace. Benton Rain Patterson. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.