Who were the greatest commanders of the American Civil War, and what made them the greatest? In Great Commanders Head to Head: The Civil War, the best commanders of both sides are pitted against each other, defining their strengths and weaknesses.
Kevin J. Dougherty is an instructor at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in Charleston. He is a retired U.S. Army officer who spent five years teaching military history and world civilizations in the Department of History at the University of Southern Mississippi. Dougherty is the author of The Peninsula Campaign of 1862: A Military Analysis (University Press of Mississippi, 2005), Civil War Leadership and Mexican War Experience (University Press of Mississippi, 2007), Encyclopedia of the Confederacy (Thunder Bay Press, 2010) and Campaigns for Vicksburg, 1862-63: Leadership Lessons (Casemate, 2011). He lives in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
