Commander of All Lincoln's Armies

A Life of General Henry W. Halleck

John F. Marszalek

  • 2005 Peter Seaborg Finalist, Sponsored by the George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War at Shepherd University

Prologue

1. Born to Gentility, Educated to Elitism

2. Army Engineer at Home and Abroad

3. War and Peace in California

4. From Soldier to Businessman

5. From Peace to War

6. Commander of the Western Theater

7. Supreme Commander

8. War by Washington Telegraph

9. The Western Generals Bring Success

10. Chief of Staff under Grant

11. From War to Peace

Bibliographical Essay

Abbreviations Used in the Notes

Notes

Acknowledgments

Illustration Credits

Index

  • Cover: Commander of All Lincoln's Armies
  • A photo of the author

Photo by Fred Y. Faulk/Mississippi State University

John F. Marszalek is W. L. Giles Distinguished Professor of History Emeritus, Mississippi State University.