Civil War Goats and Scapegoats
by Winkler, H. DonaldFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-03-01
Publisher(s): Cumberland House
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Summary
The Civil War had its share of goats and scapegoats. The tone was set early in the war when both sides anticipated a quick resolution to the conflict. When that did not happen, the press and politicians pointed fingers and searched out commanders whose loyalty they questioned. In the North, the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War demanded explanations for failure, and careers were wrecked and initiatives were lost in the process. In the South, such political pressure was not as pointed, given the early successes of Confederate armies, but newspapers nevertheless questioned the performance of commanders when failures occurred. After the war, controversies swirled as the survivors refought the battles with explanations and accusations, assigning blame to goats and scapegoats alike.
Author Biography
H. Donald Winkler is an award-winning journalist, historian, and political scientist
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. 11 |
| Introduction | p. 13 |
| The Eastern Theater | |
| Lee's "Utter Fiasco" | p. 21 |
| Criminal Minds in the Capital | p. 39 |
| Devious Radical Plotters | p. 57 |
| Stonewall's Five Strikeouts | p. 69 |
| Porter Versus Pope | p. 93 |
| Burnside's Bloodbath | p. 107 |
| Porch Post Woes | p. 131 |
| Blame Lee, Not Stuart | p. 153 |
| Verbal Shoot-Out | p. 177 |
| Shoo, Shoo General Lee | p. 197 |
| "Claptrap and Nonsense"? | p. 209 |
| The Western Theater | |
| "Gateway to a Glory Road" | p. 227 |
| "Lick 'Em Tomorrow" | p. 251 |
| "A Damned Scoundrel" | p. 277 |
| Hooker on Track, Bragg Derailed | p. 299 |
| Hood's "Irretrievable Disaster" | p. 313 |
| Andersonville | |
| Misdirected Popular Clamor | p. 335 |
| Epilogue: The Goat and Scapegoat Awards | p. 359 |
| Selected Sources | p. 363 |
| Index | p. 371 |
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