For a half century, John Ellis Wool (1784-1869) was one of America\'s most illustrious figures--most notably as an officer in the United States Army during the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, and the Civil War.
Courage Above All Things marks the first full biogra.
At the onset of the Civil War, when he assumed command of the Department of the East, Wool had been a brigadier General for twenty years and, at age seventy-seven, was the oldest General on either side of the conflict.
For a half century, John Ellis Wool (1784-1869) was one of America\'s most illustrious figures--most notably as an officer in the United States Army during the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, and the Civil War