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Title: Stonewall Jackson at Cedar Mountain by Robert K. Krick ISBN: 0-8078-5355-0 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press Pub. Date: 25 February, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Detail of one of Jackon's Desperate Fights
Comment: Jackson leaves his lethargic performance at the Seven-day's battles to go North to confront Pope and northwest of Richmond he runs into a former nemesis from the valley, Banks. Banks gives him great fits in a slug fest described in minute detail by his battlefield biographer Krick. The desperate battle shows Jackson's personal leadership as he is at the brink of failure when he impulsively rushes to the front to have his troops hold and counterattack. He heroically pulls his sword and leads by waving it to the front. Krick's descriptions are so detailed and accurate there is a bit of humor as Jackson, unable to pull his sword out of the scabbard, waves his sword with the scabbard still in place. This is a ferocious battle as a cannon shot decapitates the leader of the Stonewall Brigade, Winder. Ironically, A. P. Hill comes up and virtually helps save the day. The Union Commander, Banks, although not considered particularly competent, always gave Jackson an unusually hard time in battle such as an earlier defeat at Kernstown. This battle, although a victory for the Confederates, still leaves a bit of a shadow on Jackson, as he seemed ill prepared for battle and survived with assistance from Hill's legendary light division. This battle has everything including a virtual suicidal Union cavalry charge at the Union's final desperate attempt at victory.
The tactics of the battle cannot be better described by anyone other than Krick who was the Superintendent of the battlefields at and around Fredericksburg. A great researcher, Krick probably walked the entire battlefield. Comes with a number of helpful maps showing movements, which help the reader, follow the detailed battle movements.
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the best Civil War books ever!
Comment: Over several decades I have read thousands of Civil War
books, and this is one of the best ever! It should be required reading for anyone researching and/or writing about any aspect of the Civil War. Mr. Krick's masterful study of the battle makes any further account superfluous; it has
the suspense and excitement of a novel. And, after all, why
bother with fiction when such superb historical books are
available? Excitement and education - what could be better?
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent!
Comment: I became interested in Cedar Mountain after visiting the battlefield.(very well preserved,BTW.)Returning home I searched for books on the battle.Finding this one I bought it promptly,and have enjoyed it a lot.Krick did an excellent job in providing a rich look at the events.Instead of dry facts,he protrays the story accurately but holds your attention well.I was fully into the battle,almost as if I was there.His writing,along with the very nice maps,will give you the entire story of what Stonewall Jackson called his greatest battle.(And his last as an independent commander.)
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Title: Conquering the Valley: Stonewall Jackson at Port Republic (Civil War (Louisana State University Press)) by Robert K. Krick ISBN: 0807127876 Publisher: Louisiana State University Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Return to Bull Run: The Campaign and Battle of Second Manassas by John J. Hennessy ISBN: 080613187X Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $18.02 |
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Title: The Smoothbore Volley That Doomed the Confederacy: The Death of Stonewall Jackson and Other Chapters on the Army of Northern Virginia by Robert K. Krick ISBN: 0807127477 Publisher: Louisiana State University Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: Stonewall in the Valley: Thomas J. Stonewall Jackson's Shenandoah Valley Campaign, Spring 1862 by Robert G. Tanner ISBN: 0811720640 Publisher: Stackpole Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Pea Ridge: Civil War Campaign in the West by William L. Shea, Earl J. Hess ISBN: 0807846694 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 1997 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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