Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

The Civil Wars of General Joseph E. Johnston: Confederate States Army - Volume I: Virginia and Mississippi, 1861–1863
The Civil Wars of General Joseph E. Johnston: Confederate States Army - Volume I: Virginia and Mississippi, 1861–1863
The Civil Wars of General Joseph E. Johnston: Confederate States Army - Volume I: Virginia and Mississippi, 1861–1863
Ebook537 pages8 hours

The Civil Wars of General Joseph E. Johnston: Confederate States Army - Volume I: Virginia and Mississippi, 1861–1863

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars

()

Read preview

About this ebook

Joseph Eggleston Johnston was one of the original five full Confederate generals. He graduated West Point in the same 1829 class as Robert E. Lee and served in the War with Mexico, the Seminole Wars in Florida, and in Texas and Kansas. By 1860 Johnston was widely looked upon as one of America’s finest military officers. During the Civil War he commanded armies in Virginia, Georgia, and the Carolinas and served as commander of the entire Western Theater during a critical period of the war.

Johnston’s contributions to the war effort, however, remain a lightning rod of controversy. In The Civil Wars of General Joseph E. Johnston, Richard M. McMurry argues persuasively that the Confederacy’s most lethal enemy was the toxic dissension within the top echelons of its high command. The discord between General Johnston and President Jefferson Davis (and others), which began early in the conflict and only worsened as the months passed, routinely prevented the cooperation and coordination the South needed on the battlefield if it was going to achieve its independence. The result was one failed campaign after another, all of which cumulatively doomed the Southern Confederacy.

McMurry’s study is not a traditional military biography but a lively and opinionated conversation about major campaigns and battles, strategic goals and accomplishments, and how these men and their decision-making and leadership abilities directly impacted the war effort. Personalities, argues McMurry, win and lose wars, and the military and political leaders who form the focal point of this study could not have been more different (and in the case of Davis and Johnston, more at odds) when it came to making the important and timely decisions necessary to wage the war effectively.

The Civil Wars of General Joseph E. Johnston represents a lifetime of study and contemplation that captures Johnston in a way that has never been accomplished. It sheds fresh light on old controversies and compels readers to think about major wartime events in unique and compelling ways. This first installment begins just before the Civil War and ends on the eve of Johnston taking command of the Army of Tennessee in North Georgia.

Here, finally, is the definitive study of how qualities of character played an oversized role in determining the outcome of the Civil War.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherSavas Beatie
Release dateJan 16, 2023
ISBN9781954547117
The Civil Wars of General Joseph E. Johnston: Confederate States Army - Volume I: Virginia and Mississippi, 1861–1863
Author

Richard M. McMurry

Richard M. McMurry earned his Ph.D. at Emory University in Atlanta studying under Bell Wiley and was a professor of history at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. He is the author of numerous articles and books, including the award-winning John Bell Hood and the War for Southern Independence (1982), Two Great Rebel Armies: An Essay in Confederate Military History (1989), and Atlanta 1864: Last Chance for the Confederacy (2000). He makes his home in Georgia outside Atlanta.

Related to The Civil Wars of General Joseph E. Johnston

Related ebooks

Military Biographies For You

View More

Related articles

Related categories

Reviews for The Civil Wars of General Joseph E. Johnston

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings

0 ratings0 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

    Book preview

    The Civil Wars of General Joseph E. Johnston - Richard M. McMurry

    acbook_preview_excerpt.html}nYݯ$`@-/jI )أK[Դ0î]U,入ja g0'OKkEKI>["c=VaO.>/e7suW?liۗo.߿}3 z6K_Ń/.o_u}m=n|qVUS5e{nYq}n{rٻg_O/z{w}]k ◝uU}wM[l]7ú8)6n_̽\r\rVCχWB~~3+ڮ:jp5.kŲ6|n\2+|C6b&?zVl.jV3yɢJUkϊ]5qŶ䗻m6 ^n= xU;' d?WBxWe9)#3Ma,p|SzjvfvM.k׍жW ͍/{EWmxvlU] =,.ݕ'^$p˽hX{,]unV헾B~>΃P?'d괸w*or70C+2 oeu(R%qB[YM.>ѸnCTuB~6|q?ޖX5 7.woTu55!n/j3փk|;VA>WWk6jHdrx=(XG-WڠZ>l7\A_ֲE>}R3B)+b)oX p-İ.0M+'m'r+("ׯmXju > ^c ݹ>=>*Kkdi%_`ղxXz T'oݻ~޽gUV*DR<};q/ qN~,:ڌ Cu2`16>_dxoٺ]8sUq+6D̊e Gr=r8 ν8YWGŽ7_{'_?FV~*Rx)KO_2+sߏ?liw/W{s۷,޾9kś$}v[T񶱯颟tdo/ oy]+~{*XV{Dtݰ#P?`ʘT'Y- ^y5P:պB7#H[.ٞ|q9 gٛg =މYdU(ʁ`LEoln[ǺExkJ]+fgSq~ \}Y}f{ij;cpsh>VIa#!{|ðcv\T =nMEɸ&/<ו_Fy|RqA ֵ^oy]qp[jm$zpZ6j-PQhp-~NJ4w$~(\czϕ?!J70պa[vbZE]{M6>1&j/7NU;}OEpWKuOOG^f`*\8gsuĻn_B ֓.1P5 {ʶc,!caUe9Ac!]SHW"8)޷̊+(Vtxe7i[*۲Q=bͶlV{=@7sa2,GG1d9f%N)BbBQJa{B͖\)ϐ?(:B NG6R5h4 q!{)~X.Ɇ.4}MY#4-X (ۺ["ftcḥ$.M}+oCk=vo;+FhQVeѴ[o9̺zs7o p |)n5z:Cxad0c|Y}(B[W($6겅 Ɨ0Dkp1ǁ Z/APPÂg0/φn/m7eE]A2H.τc32)7g33_,nIJ;x-#SNx>Jl7 gy0Ӻċ!GvBUZQ`d } &K1hD%3,1T$و1<דvdYypX|pڤjz&gldn%ğt3JZ$|ނ[R?-(ʺZ"sQHvAMQU~SRhFT%^ZH}4Q8ˢt8 (0gE[@1leXk`Cѫdj9RC@/w)GK KL̓o$*^94kp%۶e4g/]v~wrtioQuzHM+߻Z\B4+<zjI%(&e8m`:0X`b&T&ل_p#5!>1nEZ!VҐOTJS,r5 +^n ܳ9z WB\A nPQ ƆU)eFJ,N֌Cc%;1 $,j]=l۱:BY$orCbG/WpxI< !Oz"QAS3,Kۃ'|E8"߲sH2ZFHt>8u#m}ToVnC-RAw/LDb:ȝ_n~$eǢ/c ٸ Q%ʛbVH"gNj)Q$Y|BzmfVY֙oc>^lIY1">4@s5]eۢQ'" WYWnP ܄lG!ƱeO8DՋ +^d` [5 o@2+7"x{gQIdM,WΟCNҋrק^w{v.r5 v %SAA8"~?PsT>.,bj3U]":f!~p%}m`]+5GtQD2gqlcB`PV3i6YJ qa;<=G QU]s6T/TFKGF]S;& A RhQ #חSio-ڋ+ix}`E[JPI& [X?aCAlGf2$e" ߭rVdF( | 5:azu[ FC5d5Xs#W>Yoŵ; ^-e;oxGq|:bg12]{"Vb 8Q||cZ~Y?6,Bn%m(elL],dEl`eSċ\h|ț-Aip.;Gn` q 0%FwHDAyжb$ ދ@'N<3sѱ++ĥQ+ rg~B"Մ> M#J[V</GC,x*B@ZifgQbUWcć V%nn2+'܌>wxW-}j_"-HHP2U}gI _߯ac?&J KBaj۶;%hW:;JN{)%TOPi$qF,M gc=ŸLdW2O8h6cy! }(+UJyQ2D1H(N5۫X0\(LdJh,2Q 7_,Ĺcsb1;UV¿ I#b7* F[\)F#&Lvmk|- E^_{78'b L #m{k]m_(&!vzP Juf\B{HpAK`QEB[bhaS|)*~S1(PG.2m a胦|˼% Efʑ:Q.3ae}a[4a6[>йF8O::/?(O6,ЈD6$mtA*!SM:Th.agt[KOh<0OjIm'Ⱥ5n-}TJ?=RjYQ/43 .SD=,,nߋa|6E"pW97yk Q ѶhIvҍZ׾Y!5TyT>ZVE"`1Uc׌qt3I B'I'5?e#ٲ1]}a; v9x[T,%HP X' ּɇ7H'ɸHɹY"hQl#;B^ !:a,.4hDz|]6ES{KKsGpx0;jT0#"r5QN`#b8?#βhf$,"dĉЭg.زY59S>ϛhO~FFtզ*u:P3,nʑ:DS ݹsGjx b13eœ=h QV:ć1ofѲ ڣPѸaILxR ]Tfk~?:Nnle޵ޙԢ=;c1O9!^4b,y[(5MZm ^ .r>< )*WUy-}}¯؍B YrގJ<$ʃapٍ\!+ a(& B[DB 9ůVhpIbSY,Tb 1lI&'ec!.ޙb;*-2 eIΉnKb EwB6NꍈH'$w~^QFFHh/t0Xh)(y蜧dM $s ҰX3^Sr9T#biV@e I2[PBv&!=x{XBDCb b ](Ⱦ ̨EQa}bjmo5WBWZP2D4C+:H-x,|l%\gCe*pbeȗOׂSe'\&UѨmDZڙqFP_،8OuH8P<,{4)dm{R'Tm, 1/bGQb56 #; Pц&Sc.*f 46/#E\S}=ϝwőm{&\7n$0*aKbn~ř4-`0\fg.ݪf ;pe:HkFu`i(d6 eP rE+~hc/𶉁"AتU.⌕QgSc%Vӳ5ǀ|[Fġ7 *0i R']bfCo~l> 1¤^wPt!Z)bdZK4+}Y1 xY@1ښ= qդ~8B<{gah宰AwryxסΈo;P ,'/DRν?L Z_EbkFw7qh&4s"+B-Z{DEd(Hf!ުA6˳>"M_dGjI"Y%J*ֲA~̽pO줐ݑlIMP8 vU~DURMTPDPb+eC8fw ,l+XU [W{-Ѯblrr+0T,wLΧ iJDާ  O緆>;ڳ!(/~| {J6-/^:g#~J֚Vu0"#jW=".fޥPMb8B%\=L{HÛdWR< Җ*W/`m:߄֬tkzu S{;oai%ڲz I5aBk4!u䍅7yo,NP(UL$BՎ)Y=!+s!eR=,.Iug7ui;DAp8NJd{lhD?6J Ԕdd&(ͧn^6D0/7 0 oWi<0(O5LqN)4 Ro`Z^f@ czucVF{:@;T4@ O%Wu'}2'lQG@IDbTwi#f[bt Y1&ڄS`2fQd Wf!< aDTPg>n/bCD8CK""'͈3#IQ=ww(D00 eF-/[A8xO 37]Ս?6i7U<}9cQa5h䲫" q T5`$dxVAn8L$,Ô |䓠H싂g* J͆%l6V0ޭ$ S.m n7RaߣŪt ԡ"F_9G ezQ<9q5 Z&TmVmJ +ݸFo6g1[Ϣep7 ]ЄI;:wxAhpڧy9Т#Kk!B7M"[6ƅ%jr/@^yE̩`Dl0BE\"-)C'jGZfo3EsBA|; E.ѽJ:ʔp,ezi 1xQ]o&oeYwj܂5٥2bZ N5d;n^~(_ŒI]cGL 2?]bkX<4M~ 3ٴآӠ܇`bY9_Zg ,13Mb*'F&tM(ht2vUuldžNƋYPi{izLz4y#@ǩ^6?KgeסC c8a͢[Z>( u:>ň$MWG);Q ߫ii! VԚДTʽn' ڦ\XupӀZY5EB+;W!;0- Bӹ\d)v e Ϟsq/ qjb#L }!Wװ E#22{FV $z4{QuXG~bN$Xquqv7%D}7xwomCm5L? ^l+9ebhfXeRB9@q?hYtjO8 RCm(GUǍFd80 1-s7^  Y丒μRHUL NӆfȞik6Lf !;[}yQ6UtQvuM'1QMp &pf#Cn;ܓ~y~ A=>ۇ/:3s(iZ~gS@O&v/J);/V˄3~py!`PNԩEVWYpbRof-Mj15Vb^6;ФIXID$^YPE8gEs}Ȯ$e) +6w>*2ap)_5u[{5%ScY2Mlq: N@]jr a~OpbiC^8sNR ZaXA6@99t .EI=lcNa!“RLHN|ag7@baŸؘzæ*dϔ׋C !|:myL$+]*z.a;ʷ0IJO WQ"i8M(Jݗ1|JFwĕAXEat[&ODT!o9RoC Z&eL,cډV֣ BZ7ݜpPUl+=aFOB*ڔ_ U^tݻI:u"0Z,h9洇!?^ Α,Eb\fĉ9\|[- 7 E)a)NX%6>xlW+L g?m@4_/hv"JA]em+j@ˡ)V6E-SLEq#܌їAt,sF.~Gfg-3u[_P[L= 3{@޽?#䷻=oL Z'<8'4~,;+Xcwc 4b  4joR$`^S Q&^3H1I6lµlIu S.;.)[+ EtB5a|5Sub̽bv%8Yx+nH]wN|t8@_c:mx㘓b["pGq 4`ȶ =aBGR} 2Z! q@ @BѺYuu`owK9_1CtVI>l.N>F?X{!Z~¥u+awv௅k ]4|J|٘ 4b hQ!Jaw iʍk}z N=ϴWHt Yr}2YŷO?дQ"iYU纃!*M͚~wdV|}NVzxJ3osvY>g8[ݪ3K"} **c?k…uw5;'@؁3=D(иf3rlˑ]8`p$3T\!OA3{<: zΨ[:y6i13IL/Xͮ?fYW[bu5֍:=Buܕ^8';J,?Ɯ=,VQ8HT+xG_[m ٌ%fJoD)ױ+okXٙM ^V:$+2]3} {ǃ2ԢhF ,f1EGQ&6}DG tN[lգ8Q>k:5cW{{ġo~-LM)@u2xc5vJf0SO5>(+S͙ۘ3_"Lw0|_q&48ׇLd+{9hb!c!٥k-p3{a 1#;'20N;C ጽ;=r#;uZB--bn5SYN|$BQ44U@!v$"r(~f^QUhպu?CU BvR9жk#CAIQ 51GHf-iuoePO:Ys|_d0_y\Iir:ߵL>&(v;V@hha/+?#* nyxp㫎 ,60j izMs*R u a3+Dgm֎mեћۆQIF#u@zd?=EJ7ɀ_i5.k?A"l!fY] e} # qd"=\=rqLZpej\ jKZQ9(+& =,83i L@ryV΋˗g^o1Y>rt5yK?YU5ƒ~g׫ϭA5]tנ\1xVbqm&f Ě`*R%u {x##zT}|66ŞWhlu]"'a{[rV`{h&@o!Y%?jo :uX B* c0ܷ8`M9 {[#E_e'A"z k{5/\z /;31|s2kCy <'}^MX(!HY{sP"IvyPi^s6o%1W6hG-jw*(A;逗+(WeGQ2ԉg3#&z4@: N%~7(4 ~sTP ")Sȣ 2a~E((fY/57# n= 77=Ũک$w?ʹ#Q0}?Μ.a=0O ꨗ3:??~ٛgaLq/`rqHEv;v߽OAX¬[]NNn80`5xW^ޝ;⻴ H4;ZԦ0NmD$iFɂj&P<} y\&a8T؈ݻZ4=Nj*6d}1m_uYN\9đi*LhBcWUYceU4(7E /}V7C%Wm\+iT!d dϫ7|uH Yd }=n .3Q 5Cp ǾU!hM-DK-gv 3#-k0-^!k##ӈ uen~Z,PEC~?PMݔ6?8A爌RѼG0Mi ~,ØV`Hdy9,`nfrL/E%kOl­[|e11Й"9Φ7MftjOEvĉdͽ%' ?{ k1e?#aPL%qeno F:.F?*hnժP8oc|\dSbUh9e9N?J3YLqb")-!*SzNEGqa'{'M֒7gk@>9=0س&B]NS!Ψluh+^'Će3 D5: puh u~Cgc*: uFHdU`J;cgu=pnS%ON.Q%!wQV)/8Nk8jXjXU{BΜxX80DOp><nĈº>IWc\kBCg)|=?Ax?kg 
    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1