Jefferson Davis and His Generals by Steven E. Woodworth
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Jefferson Davis is a historical figure who provokes strong passions
among scholars. Through the years historians have placed him at both
ends of the spectrum: some have portrayed him as a hero, others have
judged him incompetent.
In Jefferson Davis and His Generals,
Steven Woodworth shows that both extremes are accurate--Davis was both
heroic and incompetent. Yet neither viewpoint reveals the whole truth
about this complicated figure. Woodworth's portrait of Davis reveals an
experienced, talented, and courageous leader who, nevertheless,
undermined the Confederacy's cause in the trans-Appalachian west, where
the South lost the war.
At the war's outbreak, few Southerners
seemed better qualified for the post of commander-in-chief. Davis had
graduated from West Point, commanded a combat regiment in the Mexican
War (which neither Lee nor Grant could boast), and performed admirably
as U.S. Senator and Secretary of War. Despite his credentials,
Woodworth argues, Davis proved too indecisive and inconsistent as
commander-in-chief to lead his new nation to victory.
As
Woodworth shows, however, Davis does not bear the sole responsibility
for the South's defeat. A substantial part of that burden rests with
Davis's western generals. Bragg, Beauregard, Van Dorn, Pemberton, Polk,
Buckner, Hood, Forrest, Morgan, and the Johnstons (Albert and Joseph)
were a proud, contentious, and uneven lot. Few could be classed with
the likes of a Lee or a Jackson in the east. Woodworth assesses their
relations with Davis, as well as their leadership on and off the
battlefields at Donelson, Shiloh, Vicksburg, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga,
and Atlanta, to demonstrate their complicity in the Confederacy's
demise.
Extensive research in the marvelously rich holdings of
the Jefferson Davis Association at Rice University enriches Woodworth's
study. He provides superb analyses of western military operations, as
well as some stranger-than-fiction tales: Van Dorn's shocking death,
John Hood and Sally Preston's bizarre romance, Gideon Pillow's
undignified antics, and Franklin Cheatham's drunken battlefield
behavior. Most important, he has avoided the twin temptations to
glorify or castigate Davis and thus restored balance to the evaluation
of his leadership during the Civil War.
This book is part of the Modern War Studies series.
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