TY - GEN T1 - West Pointers and the Civil War : the old army in war and peace T2 - Civil War America (Series) A1 - Hsieh, Wayne Wei-siang LA - English PP - Chapel Hill PB - University of North Carolina Press YR - 2009 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn593325303 AB - Most Civil War generals were graduates of West Point, and many of them helped transform the US Army from what was little better than an armed mob that performed poorly during the War of 1812 into the competent fighting force that won the Mexican War. This title offers a portrait of the American army from 1814 to the end of the Civil War. OP - 285 CN - E181 .H79 2009eb SN - 9780807898567 SN - 0807898562 SN - 9781469605081 SN - 1469605082 SN - 0807832782 SN - 9780807832783 SN - 1469621932 SN - 9781469621937 KW - United States. : Army : History : 19th century. KW - United States Military Academy : Alumni and alumnae : Biography. KW - États-Unis. : Army : Histoire : 19e siècle. KW - United States. : Army KW - United States Military Academy KW - United States : History, Military : To 1900. KW - Military art and science : United States : History : 19th century. KW - Mexican War, 1846-1848 : Campaigns. KW - United States : History : Civil War, 1861-1865 : Campaigns. KW - Generals : United States : History : 19th century. KW - États-Unis : Histoire militaire : Jusqu'à 1900. KW - Art et science militaires : États-Unis : Histoire : 19e siècle. KW - Guerre du Mexique, 1846-1848 : Campagnes et batailles. KW - États-Unis : Histoire : 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) : Campagnes et batailles. KW - Généraux : États-Unis : Histoire : 19e siècle. KW - HISTORY : Military. KW - HISTORY : United States : Civil War Period (1850-1877) KW - Generals KW - Military art and science KW - Military campaigns KW - Universities and colleges : Alumni and alumnae KW - United States KW - To 1900 KW - Electronic books. KW - Biography KW - Biographies KW - History KW - Military history KW - Biographies. ER -