Shenandoah 1862
Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2008]
Format: Book
Description: 623 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
One of the most intriguing and storied episodes of the Civil War, the 1862 Shenandoah Valley Campaign has heretofore been related only from the Confederate point of view. Moving seamlessly between tactical details and analysis of strategic significance, Peter Cozzens presents a balanced, comprehensive account of a campaign that has long been romanticized but little understood. He offers new interpretations of the campaign and the reasons for Stonewall Jackson's success, demonstrates instances in which the mythology that has come to shroud the campaign has masked errors on Jackson's part, and provides the first detailed appraisal of Union leadership in the Valley Campaign, with some surprising conclusions.
Series: Civil War America (Series)
Contents:
This war is a farce -- Daughter of the stars -- They ain't rigged out like Uncle Sam's men -- The dam[n] trip -- Our true policy is to attack -- Is not war a game of risks? -- Be careful not to be caught -- Dangers close-us round on every side -- We are very hard pressed now -- Keep that army in the valley -- We are in for it -- It seems very much like murder -- General Jackson was completely taken in -- Vacillation is our name -- Now we'll have war in earnest -- A country to fight for -- God blessed our arms with victory -- On your course may depend the fate of Richmond -- Go it, boys! Maryland whip Maryland! -- We must cut our way through! -- This is a crushing blow -- Attack at daylight -- A question of legs -- I was never so relieved in my life -- Save the bridge at Port Republic -- The preservation of our army depended on us -- I have lost confidence in Frémont -- All has gone wrong today -- The game cock of the valley -- Appendix: The opposing forces in the Shenandoah Valley Campaign.
ISBN:
9780807832004 (cloth : alk. paper)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY War Civil Campaigns Coz | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [521]-612) and index.