A Crisis in Confederate Command: Edmund Kirby Smith, Richard Taylor, and the Army of the Trans-Mississippi (Edmund Kirby Smith, Richard Taylor, And The Army Of The Trans-Mississippi)

Huraian

Explores the antagonistic relationship between Confederate general Edmund Kirby Smith and his key subordinate, Richard Taylor. Jeffery Prushankin offers a perspective on the events through the eyes of these two high-strung men and analyses how their clash in personalities and in notions of duty and glory shaped the course of the Civil War.