Civil War High CommandsBased on nearly five decades of research, this magisterial work is a biographical register and analysis of the 3,396 people who most directly influenced the course of the Civil War, its high commanders: presidents and cabinet members, state governors, general officers of the Union and Confederate armies, and admirals and commodores of the two navies. Author: John H. Eicher, David J. Eicher Publisher: Stanford University Press Published: 06 01 2002