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Title: From Winchester to Cedar Creek: The Shenandoah Campaign of 1864 by Jeffry D. Wert ISBN: 0-8117-0672-9 Publisher: Stackpole Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1997 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (5 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Overrated Study
Comment: Wert's books are generally overrated by Civil War readers. He is not a great researcher, but rather plays to the popular reader. If you want to read underresearchered, popular history Wert is your boy; if you want in-depth perceptive analysis then look elsewhere. If you hold him up to the stardard of Richard Summers, John Hennessey or Harry Pfantz then reading Wert is like eating candy: fun but easily forgotten. A list of the sources he did not consult when writing this book might be as long as his text.
Rating: 4
Summary: Very good study with a few omissions
Comment: This is a very good, useful close study of the Valley campaign in the fall and winter of 1864. Wert primarily focuses on studies of the major battles, giving enough first-person quotes to keep the narrative interesting. Occasionally his descriptions of the battlefield action are confusing, but that's probably a characteristic of the available sources. His discussion of the controversy over plundering at Cedar Creek is good, although I'm not entirely convinced. I find it a little surprising that, in discussing Early's failure to use his cavalry effectively, he does not mention the general's refusal of Mosby's offer of help, something which he brings up in his bio of Mosby. Also, in analyzing Early as a general, it might have been appropriate to mention the absolutely scathing and, in my view, entirely inappropriate speech which Early made to his troops after Cedar Creek blaming them for the defeat. Overall, this book has to be considered the canonical work on the campaign.
Rating: 4
Summary: Best book on 1864 Valley Campaign
Comment: This is the best book on the Valley Campaign of 1864 and features lots of research on the 4 battles that occured during the campaign. The book is well-written, but I found that it could be dry at times. However, this is still a very good book. One of the best points about this book is Wert's analysis of Sheridan's and Early's generalship. Wert gives well-reasoned and sound conclusions on the analysis of the two generals. The book also features a terrific chapter on John Mosby and his Rangers role in the campaign and features a pretty good look at the role the campaign played in Lincoln's 1864 reelection campaign. All in all a very good book, but due to the amount of detail and research perhaps only Civil War and history buffs will enjoy this book.
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Title: To The Gates of Richmond : The Peninsula Campaign by Stephen W. Sears ISBN: 0618127135 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Pub. Date: 01 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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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): $19.95 |
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Title: Chancellorsville by Stephen W. Sears ISBN: 039587744X Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 22 June, 1998 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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Title: No Better Place to Die: The Battle of Stones River (Civil War Trilogy) by Peter Cozzens ISBN: 0252062299 Publisher: University of Illinois Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1991 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Battle of Belmont: Grant Strikes South by Nathaniel Cheairs Hughes ISBN: 0807819689 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1991 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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