Maryland's Blue & Gray: A Border State's Union and Confederate Junior Officer Corps
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| Rating | : | 4.90 (720 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0807121355 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 428 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-09-29 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
An officer in the Army National Guard, he lives in Washington, D.C. Kevin Conley Ruffner is a historian for the Central Intelligence Agency and the author or coauthor of two volumes in the Virginia Regimental History Series.
Terry said Five Stars. This book has more local information contained in it's pages than any other I've used for my ancestry research.
Ruffner examines the effects of the conflict on the officer corps in terms of promotions, morale, and discipline, and on their relationships with the home front, subordinates, and commanders. These soldiers provide a rare opportunity to investigate the backgrounds, military careers, and wartime experiences of a specific group who fought on both sides of the nation's bloodiest and most contentious war. Maryland's Blue and Gray is a collective biography focusing on the 365 men from Maryland who served as captains and lieutenants in the Virginia theater of operations, specifically with the Army of the Potomac's Maryland Brigade and the Army of Northern Virginia's Maryland Line. Ruffner offers insight into the cultural affinities between t
. Ruffner examines the effects of the conflict on the officer corps in terms of promotions, morale, and discipline, and on their relationships with the home front, subordinates, and commanders. These soldiers provide a rare opportunity to investigate the backgrounds, military careers, and wartime experiences of a specific group who fought on both sides of the nation's bloodiest and most contentious war. A groundbreaking study, Maryland's Blue and Gray utilizes both military and social history to plumb the motivations, am