Wilmer L. Jones

When a bomber is shot down over France during World War II, he is trapped behind enemy lines. His task is to get back to England to fly more missions.

Examines the post-war lives of fourteen men, both Union and Confederate, who continued to serve in leadership roles after the Civil War, including Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, William Tecumseh Sherman, and John Bell Hood.

This volume uses biographical sketches of twenty-one Union generals to tell the story of the Civil War and examine the implementation of Northern strategy. Among these generals are prominent figures like Ulysses S. Grant, George McClellan, and William T. Sherman, as well as Daniel Sickles, whose actions sparked intense controversy at Gettysburg, and the lesser known John McClernand, a congressman who lobbied for his own appointment. In Wilmer Jones's accounts, which focus on character, personality, leadership ability, military skill, and politics, each general comes starkly to life.