Alan Axelrod - Generals South, Generals North: The Commanders of the Civil War Reconsidered

Alan Axelrod is the author of numerous popular titles focusing on military history, general history, and American history. After receiving his PhD in English (specializing in early American literature and culture) from the University of Iowa in 1979, Axelrod taught early American literature and culture at Lake Forest College (Lake Forest, Illinois) and at Furman University (Greenville, South Carolina). He then entered scholarly publishing in 1982 as associate editor and scholar with the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum (Winterthur, Delaware), an institution specializing in the history and material culture of America prior to 1832. Axelrod is former senior editor of Abbeville Press and vice president of Zenda Inc., a consulting firm to museums and cultural institutions. In 1994 he became director of development for Turner Publishing Inc. (Atlanta), a subsidiary of Turner Broadcasting System Inc., and in 1997, he founded The Ian Samuel Group Inc., a creative services and book-packaging firm.

Axelrod was a featured speaker at the 2004 Conference on Excellence in Government (Washington, D.C.), at the Leadership Institute of Columbia College (Columbia, South Carolina), and at the 2005 Annual Conference of the Goizueta School of Business, Emory University (Atlanta). He has been a creative consultant (and on-camera personality) for The Wild West television documentary series (Warner Bros., 1993), Civil War Journal (A&E Network, 1994), and The Discovery Channel, and he has appeared on MSNBC, CNN, CNNfn, CNBC, Fox Network affiliates in Philadelphia and Atlanta, and numerous radio news and talk programs, including National Public Radio. He and his work have been featured in BusinessWeek, Fortune, Mens Health, Cosmopolitan, Inc., Atlanta Business Chronicle, and many newspapers, including the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and USA Today. Axelrod has served as consultant for the Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum (Rochester, New York), the Airmen Memorial Museum (Suitland, Maryland), and the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum (Winterthur, Delaware).

Allardice, Bruce S. More Generals in Gray: A Companion Volume to Generals in Gray. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1995.

Anders, Curt. Fighting Confederates. New York: Dorset Press, 1968.

Boritt, Gabor S. Jefferson Daviss Generals. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.

Boritt, Gabor S. Lincolns Generals. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.

Davis, William C. Lincolns Men. New York: Touchstone, 1999.

Freeman, Douglas Southall. Lees Lieutenants. 3 vols. New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 19421944.

Jones, Wilmer L. Generals in Blue and Gray: Daviss Generals. Mechanicsburg, Pa.: Stackpole, 2004.

Jones, Wilmer L. Generals in Blue and Gray: Lincolns Generals. Mechanicsburg, Pa.: Stack-pole, 2004.

Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1964.

Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1959.

Waugh, John C. The Class of 1846. New York: Warner Books, 1994.

Williams, T. Harry. Lincoln and His Generals. New York: Alfred Knopf, 1952.

P. G. T. BEAUREGARD

Basso, Hamilton. Beauregard: The Great Creole. New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1933.

Roman, Alfred. The Military Operations of General Beauregard in the War between the States, 1861 to 1865: Including a Brief Personal Sketch and a Narrative of His Services in the War with Mexico, 18468. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1883.

Williams, T. Harry. P. G. T. Beauregard: Napoleon in Gray. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1954.

BRAXTON BRAGG

Hallock, Judith Lee. Braxton Bragg and Confederate Defeat: Volume II. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1991.

McWhiney, Grady. Braxton Bragg and Confederate Defeat: Field Command. New York: Columbia University Press, 1969.

Seitz, Don Carlos. Braxton Bragg: General of the Confederacy. Columbia, S.C.: The State Company, 1924.

AMBROSE E. BURNSIDE

Marvel, William. Burnside. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1991.

Poore, Ben Perley. Life and Public Services of Ambrose E. Burnside. Providence, R.I.: J. A. & R. A. Reid, 1882.

JUBAL EARLY

Early, Jubal A. Memoirs. Baltimore: The Nautical & Aviation Publishing Company of America, 1989.

Osborne, Charles C. Jubal: The Life and Times of General Jubal A. Early, CSA. Chapel Hill, N.C.: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1992.

NATHAN BEDFORD FORREST

Hurst, Jack. Nathan Bedford Forrest. New York: Knopf, 1993.

Wills, Brian S. A Battle from the Start: The Life of Nathan Bedford Forrest. New York: Harper-Collins, 1992.

Wyeth, John A. That Devil Forrest. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1989.

ULYSSES S. GRANT

Grant, Ulysses S. Personal Memoirs. New York: Da Capo Press, 1982.

McFeely, William S. Grant. New York: W. W. Norton, 1981.

Perret, Geoffrey. Ulysses S. Grant: Soldier and President. New York: Random House, 1997.

Simpson, Brooks D. Ulysses S. Grant: Triumph over Adversities, 18621865. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000.

HENRY WAGER HALLECK

Ambrose, Stephen E. Halleck: Lincolns Chief-of-Staff. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1962.

Anders, Curt. Henry Hallecks War: A Fresh Look at Lincolns Controversial General-in-Chief. Cincinnati: Emmis Books, 2002.

Marszalek, John F. Commander of All Lincolns Armies: A Life of General Henry W. Halleck. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press, 2004.

WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK

Jamieson, Perry D. Winfield Scott Hancock: Gettysburg Hero. Abilene, Texas: McWhiney Foundation Press, 2003.

Jordan, David M. Winfield Scott Hancock: A Soldiers Life. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1996.

Tucker, Glenn. Hancock the Superb. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1960.

JOHN BELL HOOD

Dyer, John P. The Gallant Hood. New York: Smithmark, 1995.

Hood, John Bell. Advance and Retreat: Personal Experiences in the United States and Confederate States Armies. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1996.

McMurry, Richard. John Bell Hood and the War for Southern Independence. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1982.

JOSEPH HOOKER

Hebert, Walter H. Fighting Joe Hooker. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1999.

THOMAS J. STONEWALL JACKSON

Alexander, Bevis. Lost Victories: The Military Genius of Stonewall Jackson. New York: Henry Holt, 1992.

Bowers, John. Stonewall Jackson: Portrait of a Soldier. New York: William Morrow, 1989.

Davis, Burke. They Called Him Stonewall. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1954.

Douglas, Henry Kyd. I Rode with Stonewall. Greenwich, Ct.: Fawcett, 1965.

Farwell, Byron. Stonewall: A Biography of Genera6l Thomas J. Jackson. New York: Norton, 1992.

Robertson, James I. Stonewall Jackson: The Man, the Soldier, the Legend. New York: Macmillan, 1997.

ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSTON

Johnston, William Preston. The Life of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston, Embracing His Services in the Armies of the United States, the Republic of Texas, and the Confederate States. New York: D. Appleton, 1878.

Moore, Avery C. Destinys Soldier: General Albert Sidney Johnston. San Francisco: Fearon, 1958.

Roland, Charles P. Albert Sidney Johnston: Soldier of Three Republics