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Title: Pea Ridge: Civil War Campaign in the West by William L. Shea, Earl J. Hess ISBN: 0-8078-4669-4 Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr Pub. Date: August, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.83 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent campaign study of a little known battle
Comment: Pea Ridge is a well crafted book which deals with an obscure but extremely important battle early in the Civil War. The authors present their story in a very engaging and readable style which gives a real sense of being on the frigid and tangled battlefield in Northwestern Arkansas. The two armies and their commanders are described in wonderful detail, and the action flows right from the start. After finishing the book, I was struck by just what Curtis and the Army of the Southwest had accomplished, and by how many precedents he had set for future operations. Nevertheless, his accomplishments have been largely ignored. This book helps rescue him from obscurity, and is without a doubt the definitive study of this battle. Pea Ridge is a fantastic book on the Trans-Mississippi theater of the war, and when read along with Cozzen's book on Iuka and Corinth, provides a very complete picture of the formation of Van Dorn's and Price's armies and their fate. I highly recommend this book as an essential volume on the Civil War in the West.
Rating: 5
Summary: Wonderful Read
Comment: Shea and Hess do a wonderful job bringing to the reader the history of the understudied Trans-Mississippi campaign in the Civil War. The writing is fluid, conveys not only the historical picture but also the human picture. Furthermore, the use of numerous maps helps place the narrative in the proper perspective.
The writers excell at describing the leaders of both sides and the conflicts, bot internal and external, that they had to deal with. I was most interested in the ethnic divisions, between the Germman and native born Federals, and how that effected the cohesivness of the Union Army. General Curtis, who led the Union Army, was an amazing commander and performed feats that have unfortunately been too long ignored. From the initial decision to enter into a winter camapign, to the sucessful changing of fronts to confront the Confederate Army and finally to his masterful control of the battle, Curtis ranks with the great generals of the Civil War.
Rating: 5
Summary: AMAZING
Comment: This book is an awesome description of a forgotten campaign in an area which is forgotten by most Civil War buffs. The Transmississippi remaines one of the most unexplored areas in the Civil War knowlegde (literature) and this book brings a whole lot of light in it. "Pea Ridge : Civil War Campaign in the West", should be read especially by those who still believe that the Civil War took place between Malvern Hill and Shiloh. An estonishing piece of art !
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Title: Wilson's Creek: The Second Battle of the Civil War and the Men Who Fought It (Civil War America) by William Garrett Piston, Richard W., III Hatcher ISBN: 0807825158 Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr Pub. Date: March, 2000 List Price(USD): $37.50 |
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Title: Perryville: This Grand Havoc of Battle by Kenneth W. Noe ISBN: 0813122090 Publisher: University Press of Kentucky Pub. Date: August, 2001 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Vicksburg Is the Key: The Struggle for the Mississippi River by William L. Shea, Terrence J. Winschel ISBN: 0803242549 Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: No Better Place to Die: The Battle of Stones River by Peter Cozzens ISBN: 0252062299 Publisher: Univ of Illinois Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: September, 1991 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Gettysburg by Stephen W. Sears ISBN: 0395867614 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 24 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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