A Decisive Level of Command: Brigade Leadership in the Army of the Cumberland, 1861-1864

dc.contributor.advisorHunt, Roberten_US
dc.contributor.authorWhite Jr., Paul Richarden_US
dc.contributor.committeememberHaas, Louisen_US
dc.contributor.committeememberBeeby, Jamesen_US
dc.contributor.departmentHistoryen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-02T19:01:51Z
dc.date.available2014-06-02T19:01:51Z
dc.date.issued2014-01-08en_US
dc.description.abstractThe American Civil War is too often studied from the top down, focusing on the lives of army commanders and politicians. More recent scholarship has focused on the men in the ranks and their view of the war. Left out in this are the contributions made by mid-level brigade commanders. These men represented the core of the Civil War army's command structure. Brigades were large enough to act on their own and contained enough power and force to determine the outcome of engagements. This thesis focuses on four brigade commanders -en_US
dc.description.abstractWilliam P. Carlin, Charles G. Harker, John C. Starkweather, and August Willich - and the commands they exercised during the conflict. Through training and drill these leaders shaped their men into soldiers. By learning to work within the framework of the army as a whole theseen_US
dc.description.abstractmen made it possible to maneuver and fight in large units. Their influence created solid, hard fighting units responsible for winning the war.en_US
dc.description.degreeM.A.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://jewlscholar.mtsu.edu/handle/mtsu/3621
dc.publisherMiddle Tennessee State Universityen_US
dc.subjectAmerican Civil Waren_US
dc.subjectArmy of the Cumberlanden_US
dc.subjectAugust Willichen_US
dc.subjectCharles Garrison Harkeren_US
dc.subjectWestern Theateren_US
dc.subjectWilliam Passmore Carlinen_US
dc.subject.umiHistoryen_US
dc.subject.umiAmerican historyen_US
dc.subject.umiMilitary studiesen_US
dc.thesis.degreegrantorMiddle Tennessee State Universityen_US
dc.thesis.degreelevelMastersen_US
dc.titleA Decisive Level of Command: Brigade Leadership in the Army of the Cumberland, 1861-1864en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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