A Young General and the Fall of Richmond: The Life and Career of Godfrey Weitzel - Hardcover

Quatman, G. William

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0821421417 ISBN 13: 9780821421413

Publisher: Ohio University Press, 2015

Synopsis

Despite his military achievements and his association with many of the great names of American history, Godfrey Weitzel (1835-1884) is perhaps the least known of all the Union generals. After graduating from West Point, Weitzel, a German immigrant from Cincinnati, was assigned to the Army Corps of Engineers in New Orleans.

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Review

Godfrey Weitzel s professional growth from a fortification engineer to successful corps commander and his significant relationships with Generals Benjamin Butler and Ulysses S. Grant, Admiral David Farragut, and President Abraham Lincoln, all add interest to the story of the youngest corps commander in the Civil War.
Joseph C. Fitzharris, editor of Patton s Fighting Bridge Builders: Company B, 1303rd Engineer General Service Regiment"

In his sympathetic account, Quatman has admirably accomplished his principal mission to let the lighthouse lamp linger on a man obscured by history s mists for far too long.
"The Plain Dealer ""

"Godfrey Weitzel's professional growth from a fortification engineer to successful corps commander and his significant relationships with Generals Benjamin Butler and Ulysses S. Grant, Admiral David Farragut, and President Abraham Lincoln, all add interest to the story of the youngest corps commander in the Civil War."--Joseph C. Fitzharris, editor of Patton's Fighting Bridge Builders: Company B, 1303rd Engineer General Service Regiment

"G. William Quatman has written a superbly detailed study of [Weitzel's] life and Civil War service. The book is deeply researched, well illustrated with maps, and provides an interesting and compelling story of Weitzel's life and services."--Blue and Gray, Vol. 32, No. 1

..".In his sympathetic account, Quatman has admirably accomplished his principal mission - to let the lighthouse lamp linger on a man obscured by history's mists for far too long."--The Plain Dealer

About the Author

G. William Quatman is an architect and attorney in Kansas City, Missouri, and the author of several books and articles on the legal aspects of design and construction. This is his first historical biography.

Edition details

• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0821421417
• ISBN 13: 9780821421413
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 368