Staff Officers in Gray: A Biographical Register of the Staff Officers in the Army of Northern Virginia | 
| Author: Robert E. L. Krick
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Category: Book
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Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 360
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.6 x 1.3
ISBN: 0807827886
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.7420922
EAN: 9780807827888
ASIN: 0807827886
Publication Date: June 9, 2003
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Condition: Unread overstock copy, light shelf wear to covers, overall is in great shape.
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Product Description
This indispensable Civil War reference profiles some 2,300 staff officers in Robert E. Lee's famous Army of Northern Virginia. These men--ordnance officers, engineers, aides-de-camp, and quartermasters, among others--worked at the side of many of the Confederacy's greatest figures, helping to feed and clothe the army, maintain its discipline, and operate its military machinery.PA typical entry includes the officer's full name, the date and place of his birth and death, details of his education and occupation, and a synopsis of his military record. An introduction discusses the role of staff officers in the Confederate army, describes the evolution and importance of individual staff positions, and makes some broad generalizations about the officers' common characteristics. Two appendixes provide a list of more than 3,000 staff officers who served in other armies of the Confederacy and complete rosters of known staff officers of each general in the Army of Northern Virginia.PSynthesizing the contents of thousands of unpublished official documents, iStaff Officers in Gray/i will be of interest to anyone studying the battles, personnel, and organization of the Army of Northern Virginia.
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 Excellent effort, but I wish it had an index January 17, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is an impressive and useful book. Mr. Krick's efforts to compile information regarding the staff officers of the Army of Northern Virginia are thorough and explanatory. However, I am left wanting an index, so that I would be able to search for specific Regiments, as I am currently doing regimental research.
Serious Research October 14, 2003
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
The older I get. the more I realize that the only history that really counts is useable history. Readers want to know how history touches them. They want to know the people, places and ideas close to them. That is a start. Krick gives us a genealogical smorgasbord of the best and brightest young men of the southern states during the Civil War. Do you want to understand the Confederacy? Flip through this book and see that excellent minds served the South as well as the North. This is a deeply researched, unbiased presentation of facts that will help both genealogists and Civil War historians for decades to come.
 The Krick family tradition lives on! July 3, 2003
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
Bob Krick--the son, not the father--has proven himself a worthy successor to his father. In this extraordinarily useful work, Bob Krick has given us a volume every bit as useful as his father's earlier landmark work, _Lee's Colonels_. In this work, Krick provides us with informative capsule biographies of the many staff officers who played an important role in the Civil War, and photos of many are also provided.pI wish someone would do the Union equivalent to this book.
A New Standard Reference June 25, 2003
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
A product of a decade of dedicated research, Staff Officers in Gray is an essential reference for historians, genealogists and the just plain curious concerning themselves with the Confederate Army. It is not limited to the Army of Northern Virginia, but includes Krick's gleanings from records dealing with other Confederate armies and other generals, as well as several rare illustrations. Excellent introductory essay is itself worth the price of admission. Super.
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