The General's General: The Life and Times of Arthur MacArthur. The Historian | March 22, 1996| | COPYRIGHT 1996 Phi Alpha Theta, History Honor Society, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

By Kenneth Ray Young. (Boulder: Westview Press, 1994. Pp. xv, 400.$32.95)

Arthur MacArthur served with distinction in the Civil War. He fought at Perryville, Stones River, and Missionary Ridge. He participated in the Atlanta campaign and displayed great courage and initiative at the battle of Franklin. At the end of the war, as the youngest regimental commander in the Federal Army, he commanded the 24th Wisconsin Infantry. He decided to remain in the army, and in 1866 MacArthur was commissioned a Second Lieutenant. He served at various posts in the East, the South, ...

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