Of Duty Well and Faithfully Done: A History of the Regular Army in the Civil War

by Charles R. Shrader and Clayton R. Newell

On the eve of the Civil War, the Regular Army of the United States was small, dispersed, untrained for large-scale operations, and woefully unprepared to suppress the rebellion of the secessionist states. Although the Regular Army expanded significantly during the war, reaching nearly sixty-seven thousand men, it was necessary to form an enormous army of state volunteers that overshadowed the Regulars and bore most of the combat burden. Nevertheless,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803219105
• ISBN13: 9780803219106
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 7.2" x 10.0"