Jefferson Davis as Secretary of War: a reappraisal

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dc.contributor.advisorGruber, Ira D.en_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberBoles, John B.en_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberGuilmartin, John F.en_US
dc.creatorTreadwell, James Alanen_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-18T21:28:26Zen_US
dc.date.available2018-12-18T21:28:26Zen_US
dc.date.issued1985en_US
dc.description.abstractJefferson Davis's biographers have credited him with responsibility for most of the changes to the army during his administration of the War Department: experiments with camels on the western frontier, increases to the pay and strength of the army, improvements to the United States Military Academy, development of new rifled weapons and infantry tactics to complement them, revision of army regulations, and a commission to observe the Crimean War. His biographers also claim that while he may have allowed sectional politics to enter into his efforts to secure selection of a southern route for the transcontinental railroad, his other actions were totally without regard to sectional considerations. Currently available evidence indicates that Davis was not nearly so important as his biographers have claimed, and that his southern sympathies were a major, if not determining, factor in many of his decisions.en_US
dc.format.digitalOriginreformatted digitalen_US
dc.format.extent107 ppen_US
dc.identifier.callnoThesis Hist. 1985 Treadwellen_US
dc.identifier.citationTreadwell, James Alan. "Jefferson Davis as Secretary of War: a reappraisal." (1985) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/104677">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/104677</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.digitalRICE2313en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/104677en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
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dc.titleJefferson Davis as Secretary of War: a reappraisalen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentHistoryen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineHumanitiesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen_US
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