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Title: Touring Virginia's and West Virginia's Civil War Sites by Clint Johnson ISBN: 0-89587-184-X Publisher: John F Blair Pub Pub. Date: September, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: Well written overview for budding historians
Comment: You are about to embark on a journey to many places untouched by modern man, giving you a glimpse of the past mirrored with stories and brief histories of battles long since silenced by time. As you open this book you will be begin your Civil War trek at Manassas, stopping at the National Battlefield and it's museum. From there you will work counterclockwise around Virginia and West Virginia, through one historic site to the next, stopping sometimes at battlefields, other times at simple out-of-the-way museums or perhaps nothing more than a few relics ravaged by nature.
Each stop is clearly marked on easy-to-read maps accompanied by side notes or script detailing the historical significance of the stop. My particular favorite is the Harpers Ferry tour where the author gives an interesting overview of the town along with a brief account of how West Virginia became a state. Although one could spend days going over the surrounding historical sites the author does not drag you into detail after detail, but gives you a brief synopsis of what occurred. Coming from someone who has visited this site many times I've become very familiar with the back-roads and sights to see, and Mr. Johnson does a fine job in taking you around to many of those same areas. However, this book won't give you the detail you need to understand every site, but that can be obtained from the Harper's Ferry National Park visitor center, or by taking a ranger guided tour of the town.
By using this book the average reader will enjoy his journey into the past with stops along the way at several key historic areas. This is not a book for the well-read historian or a tactical study on terrain and warfare, but simply a good book for those mildly intrigued by the Civil War. It may serve to whet their appetite and further their desire for more research.
If you purchase this book and choose to go forth, your trek will take you to numerous battlefields, both small and large. It is my hope that you will leave with a better understanding of what took place during that bloody struggle we now call the Civil War. So, in finishing your journey you will find yourself as did Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia, in a quiet little place known as Appomattox Court House. "This is a quiet reverent place, the spot where one country died and another was reborn."
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Title: In the Footsteps of Stonewall Jackson by Clint Johnson ISBN: 0895872447 Publisher: John F Blair Pub Pub. Date: March, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Civil War Battlefield Guide, Second Edition by The Conservation Fund, Frances H. Kennedy, Va.) Conservation Fund (Arlington, Conservation Fund ISBN: 0395740126 Publisher: Mariner Books Pub. Date: November, 1998 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Civil War Battlefields: A Touring Guide by David J. Eicher, John H. Eicher ISBN: 0878338810 Publisher: Taylor Pub Pub. Date: April, 1995 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Civil War Sites in Virginia: A Tour Guide by James I., Jr. Robertson ISBN: 0813909074 Publisher: University of Virginia Press Pub. Date: February, 1991 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: Touring the Shenandoah Valley Backroads by Andrea Sutcliffe ISBN: 0895871815 Publisher: John F Blair Pub Pub. Date: June, 1999 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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