Bartholomees, J. Boone, 1947-

Buff facings and gilt buttons : staff and headquarters operations in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865 / J. Boone Bartholomees Jr. - Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, �1998. - 1 online resource (xv, 352 pages)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-334) and index.

Preface -- Introduction -- Staff organization -- The General Staff in the Army of Northern Virginia: Chief of Staff, Adjutant General, and Inspector General -- The General Staff in the Army of Northern Virginia: Quartermaster, Commissary, and Medical Director -- Special staff in the Army of Northern Virginia -- Personal staff in the Army of Northern Virginia -- Staff selection and training -- Staff authority and relations with the commander -- Headquarters and headquarters personnel -- Staff procedures -- The staff in battle: intelligence and combat functions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.


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Confederate States of America. Army of Northern Virginia --Staffs.
Confederate States of America. Army of Northern Virginia.


1861-1865


HISTORY.
Armed Forces--Staffs.
Regimental histories.
Regions & Countries - Americas.
History & Archaeology.
United States - General.


United States--History--Regimental histories.--Civil War, 1861-1865
Virginia--History--Regimental histories.--Civil War, 1861-1865
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