Campaign of Chancellorsville [Hardcover]

John, Jr. Bigelow (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 528 pages
• Publisher: Morningside Bookshop (July 1983)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 089029075X
• ISBN-13: 978-0890290750
• Product Dimensions: 11.5 x 8.2 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,995,292 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The single best campaign study, of this or any other era., July 12, 1998

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Keith Reimer ([e-mail]) (Tulsa, Oklahoma) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Campaign of Chancellorsville (Hardcover)

My copy of this book was accompanied by a dustcase filled with dozens of desk-sized maps covering every phase of the campaign, some focusing on small parts of the action, others broadening out to all of northern Virginia. The author even recommends that you use the maps to follow the text, moving colored pushpins around on the maps as you progress. While I didn't go that far, I must say that this book surpasses any military history that I have read in its integration of map study, broad analysis, and small-unit action.

This is an old book, but is a certain classic. The language and writing style are timeless, so don't let that scare you away. I continue to view THE CAMPAIGN OF CHANCELLORSVILLE as the epitomy of what a campaign or battle study should accomplish. If you can find a copy, get it, and enjoy.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The BEST study of a single Civil War Battle, April 11, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Campaign of Chancellorsville (Hardcover)

This volume written by John Bigelow is the definitive study of any one battle of the Civil War. It goes in detail of every movement and the time of each. Includes an amazing volume of excellent maps. While reading his text you actually feel that your observing the battle.
If there is one book I can recommend to read about
an actual battle this is it. You come away with a new enlighten reality of what it really was like.

3 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great book, but ..., April 21, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Campaign of Chancellorsville (Hardcover)

The trouble with this book is that the most recent publisher does not acknowledge that the author, John Bigelow, lived and wrote his book in the 19th Century.