Author: Bruce S. Allardice

Publisher: University of Missouri Press

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 450

ISBN-13: 0826266487

"Allardice provides detailed biographical information on 1,583 Confederate colonels, both staff and line officers and members of all armies. In his introduction, he explains how one became a colonel -- the mustering process, election of officers, reorganizing of regiments -- and discusses problems of the nominating process, seniority, and "rank inflation""--Provided by publisher.