Reviews
"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, [ 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, "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 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, "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, "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, "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, '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, "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, [ 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
Table of Content
List of Illustrations 000 Foreword 000 Preface 000 Acknowledgments 000 [introduction] The Regular Army on the Eve of the Civil War The Role of the Regular Army in American Society 000 The U.S. Army before April 12, 1861 000 The Staff Departments, April 1861 000 The Line of the Army, April 1861 000 Stationing of the Army, January 1861 0000 Conclusion 000 [part 1] Regular Army Leaders and Personnel 1. Headquarters of the Army 000 Commander in Chief 000 Secretary of War 000 General in Chief 000 Formulation of Strategy 000 Direction of Operations 000 Civilian Personnel of the War Department 000 The Army Budget, 18611865 000 Conclusion 000 2. Regular Army Personnel, 18611865 000 Decision to Keep the Regular Army Intact 000 Expansion of the Regular Army, 18611865 000 Temporary Regulars 000 Enlisted Personnel 000 Officers 000 Losses of Personnel 000 Conclusion 000 [part 2] The Staff Departments 3. Overview 000 Evolution of the Staff Departments to 1861 000 Expansion of the Staff Departments 000 Staff Officers in the Field 000 Staff Enlisted Personnel in the Field 000 Common Challenges and Common Solutions 000 Conclusion 000 4. The Administrative Departments 000 Adjutant General''s Department 000 Inspector General''s Department 000 Judge Advocate General''s Department 000 Pay Department 000 Temporary Bureaus 000 Conclusion 000 5. Subsistence Department 000 Mission and Functions 000 Leadership 000 Personnel 000 Organization 000 Operations and Issues 000 Challenges and Achievements 000 6. Ordnance Department 000 Mission and Functions 000 Leadership 000 Personnel 000 Organization 000 Operations and Issues 000 Challenges and Achievements 000 7. Quartermaster''s Department 000 Mission and Functions 000 Leadership 000 Personnel 000 Organization 000 Operations and Issues 000 Challenges and Achievements 000 8. Medical Department 000 Mission and Functions 000 Leadership 000 Personnel 000 Organization 000 Operations and Issues 000 Challenges and Achievements 000 [part 3] The Army in the Field 9. Transition to War 000 Army Life on the Eve of the War 000 Confrontation in the East 000 Surrender in Texas 000 Events in the West 000 Adding More Regulars 000 The First Big Battle 000 War Begins in the West 000 A Year of Transition 000 10. The Infantry 000 Regimental Colonels 000 The Old Regiments 000 The New Regiments 000 Casualties 000 Valverde, February 1862 000 The Regular Infantry Division in the East 000 The Regular Infantry Brigade in the West 000 Regular Infantry in the War 000 11. The Cavalry 000 Regimental Colonels 000 Regiments 000 Casualties 000 Cavalry Horses 000 Cavalry with the Army of the Potomac 000 The Army of the Shenandoah 000 The Last Campaign, 1865 000 Regular Cavalry in the War 000 12. The Artillery 000 Artillery in the Mexican War 000 Regimental Colonels 000 Regiments 000 Casualties 000 Guns 000 Artillery Horses 000 Horse Artillery 000 Artillery in the Army of the Potomac 000 Gettysburg, July 1863 000 Other Union Army Artillery 000 Shiloh, April 1862 000 Regular Artillery in the War 000 13. The Fighting Bureaus 000 Corps of Engineers 000 Signal Corps 000 [conclusion] Reflections on the Regular Army in the Civil War 000 Transition to Peace 000 "The Efficient Discharge of Duty" 000 "The Performance of Gallant Deeds" 000 An Epitaph for the Regular Army 000 Appendix: Selected Acts of Congress Pertaining to the Regular Army 000 Notes 000 Glossary of Acronyms Used in the Text 000 Selected Bibliography 000 Index 000
