Stonewall Jackson at Cedar Mountain (Civil War America) - Softcover

Krick, Robert K.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807818879 ISBN 13: 9780807818879

Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press, 2002

Synopsis

At Cedar Mountain on August 9,1862, Stonewall Jackson exercised independent command of a campaign for the last time. Robert Krick untangles the myriad original accounts by participants on both sides of the battle to offer an illuminating portrait of the Confederate general commanding his troops under the extraordinary pressures of combat. From diaries, reminiscences, letters, and newspaper articles, Krick reconstructs a vivid and detailed account of the confrontation at Cedar Mountain and Jackson's victory there.

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Book Description:

"An excellent study of what the Mighty Stonewall considered the 'most successful of his exploits'. . . . Krick sets a standard for other military historians who practice the difficult genre of battle study. Stonewall Jackson at Cedar Mountain will become a classic of Civil War literature."-- North Carolina Historical Review

From the Inside Flap:

Robert Krick untangles the myriad accounts by participants who fought the battle on both sides, and he offers an illuminating portrait of the Confederate general commanding his troops under the extraordinary pressures of combat.

About this edition

• Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0807818879
• ISBN 13: 9780807818879
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 424