You know, sometimes these "young" officers have a lot of potential!

Taylor certainly had a lot, and he was relatively young at about 39. He was the son of a former president and once was brother-in-law to Jefferson Davis. No formal military training, but a good education and good connections! He was responsible for foiling the Union Red River Campaign and was rewarded with the rank of Lieutenant *General* and given command of the Dept of East Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. Someone needs to write of his exploits in Alabama in the year before he finally surrendered (4 May 65). He held the Yankees off until he heard that Jefferson Davis had been captured, and Gen'l Joseph E. Johnston had surrendered. He also wrote a memoir, called Destruction and Reconstruction which I have not read yet, but which I have heard is excellent.

I'm curious about the details of the surrender at Citronelle (we've talked about that before) and wonder what the best source might be (Destruction and Reconstruction?)