| Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee, and the Army of Northern Virginia, 1862 Contributor(s): Allan, William (Author) |
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ISBN: 0306806568 ISBN-13: 9780306806568 Publisher: Da Capo Press OUR PRICE: $32.66 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 1995 Annotation: This volume unites two classic Civil War campaign studies by the foremost southern historian of the immediate postwar era--History of the Campaign of General T.J. (Stonewall) Jackson in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and The Army of Northern Virginia in 1862. Together they compromise a brilliant chronicle of the high tide of the Confederacy in 1862. 16 maps. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - History | Military - United States |
| Dewey: 973.745 |
| LCCN: 95021021 |
| Physical Information: 1.51" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (2.30 lbs) 536 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War - Geographic Orientation - Virginia - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: No student of the Eastern Theater can afford to be without this unsurpassed narrative.--Civil War News [A] standard authority. . . . The admirable work of Colonel Allan . . . raised the level of historical writing on the Confederacy.--Douglas Southall Freeman This volume unites two classic Civil War campaign studies by the foremost southern historian of the immediate postwar era: History of the Campaign of Gen. T. J. (Stonewall) Jackson in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and The Army of Northern Virginia in 1862. Together they comprise a brilliant, breathtaking chronicle of the high tide of the Confederacy in 1862: Jackson's dazzling generalship in the Valley Campaign; Lee's bold offensive during the Seven Days Battle; the stunning Confederate victory at Second Manassas; Lee's decision to carry the war to enemy territory; the capture of Harper's Ferry; the bitterly fought Battle of Sharpsburg; and the bloody, humiliating Federal defeat at Fredericksburg. New introduction by Robert K. Krick |