Overview
This title deals with the campaign that made Stonewall Jackson a hero of the Confederacy. It explores the Shenandoah Valley campaign, best known for its role in establishing Thomas J. 'Stonewall' Jackson's reputation as the Confederacy's greatest military idol. The authors address questions of military leadership, strategy and tactics, the campaign's political and social impact, and the ways in which participants' memories of events differed from what is revealed in the historical sources. In the process, they offer valuable insights into one of the Confederacy's most famous generals, those who fought with him and against him, the campaign's larger importance in the context of the war, and the complex relationship between history and memory. The contributors are Jonathan M. Berkey, Keith S. Bohannon, Peter S. Carmichael, Gary W. Gallagher, A. Cash Koeniger, R. E. L. Krick, Robert K. Krick, and William J. Miller.
Full Product Details
Author: Gary W. Gallagher
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Edition: New edition
Dimensions:
Width: 16.10cm
, Height: 1.70cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.419kg
ISBN: 9780807857687
ISBN 10: 0807857688
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 01 March 2010
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
The Military Campaigns of the Civil War Series... has led the way in challenging scholars and Civil War enthusiasts to rethink the way in which military history is analyzed.... An exceptionally strong collection. - Civil War Book Review
Offer[s] valuable insights into one of the Confederacy's most famous generals, those who fought with him and against him, the campaign's larger importance in the context of the war, and the complex relationship between history and memory. --McCormick Messenger | A valuable look on an important aspect of the war in the East in 1862. --The NYMAS Review | This book is of real interest. The writing is good, the research strong. --Louisiana History | The Military Campaigns of the Civil War Series . . . has led the way in challenging scholars and Civil War enthusiasts to rethink the way in which military history is analyzed. . . . An exceptionally strong collection. --Civil War Book Review | Anyone looking for new insight into the 1862 Valley campaign or for models of innovative and compelling research should read this volume. --Journal of Military History | [The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862] will interest both the knowledgeable and casual reader, the dedicated military scholar and the more general reader alike. . . . Well researched and interestingly written. --Canadian Journal of History | Throughout this book I found myself exclaiming, 'I didn't know that!' and 'Well, that's a wholly new way of looking at this event!' and 'This changes my way of thinking about the Valley campaign.' Such exclamations are, to my way of thinking, signs of a worthwhile book. --Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star | This one belongs in the library of every student of the Civil War. --Civil War History
Author Information
Gary W. Gallagher is John L. Nau III Professor of History at the University of Virginia. He is author, most recently, of Lee and His Army in Confederate History.
