West Pointers and the Civil War: The Old Army in War and Peace

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West Pointers andthe Civil War ฀฀ © 2009 The University of North Carolina Press All rights reserved Designed and set by Rebecca Evans in Monotype Walbaum Manufactured in the United States of America The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. The University of North Carolina Press has been a member of the Green Press Initiative since 2003. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hsieh, Wayne Wei-siang. West Pointers and the Civil War : the old army in war and peace/Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh. p. cm.—(Civil War America) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-8078-3278-3 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. United States—History, Military—To 1900. 2. United States. Army—History—19th century. 3. Military art and science— United States—History—19th century. 4. Mexican War, 1846–1848— Campaigns. 5. United States—History—Civil War, 1861–1865—Campaigns. 6. Generals—United States—History—19th century. 7. United States Military Academy—Alumni and alumnae—Biography. I. Title. e181.h79 2009 355.00973—dc22 2009016646 Portions of this work appeared earlier, in somewhat different form, as “‘I Owe Virginia Little, My County Much’: Robert E. Lee, the United States Regular Army, and Unconditional Unionism,” in Crucible of the Civil War: Virginia from Secession to Commemoration, ed. Gary W. Gallagher, Edward L. Ayers, and Andrew W. Torget (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2006), 35–57. 13฀ 12฀ 11฀ 10฀ 09฀ 5฀ 4฀ 3฀ 2฀ 1 In memoriam isaac฀jacob฀meyers (1979–2008) ฀฀ In honor of veterans฀of฀oif/oef This page intentionally left blank ...