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A new case observe of one in every of Lincoln’s political generals within the Civil War
A Baby-kisser Turned General offers a essential examination of the turbulent early political career and the controversial military service of Stephen Augustus Hurlbut, an Illinois Whig, Republican Baby-kisser, and Northern political general who rose to distinction as a prominent member of the Union high command within the West all the way through the Civil War.
This first biography of Hurlbut chronicles the early life and the Civil War career of one in every of Abraham Lincoln’s foremost military appointments. Through exhaustive research of number one and secondary sources, creator Jeffrey N. Lash identifies and evaluates the successes and screw ups of Hurlbut’s generalship and combat leadership, both as field commander in Missouri in 1861 and as a division commander on the Battles of Shiloh and Hatchie Bridge in 1862.