Headquarters In The Brush: Blazer'S Independent Union Scouts [Hardcover]

Darl L. Stephenson (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 376 pages
• Publisher: Ohio University Press; 1 edition (November 18, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0821413813
• ISBN-13: 978-0821413814
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,175,862 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Different Side to the Civil War, February 11, 2002

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"mattzdad" (Rochester, MN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Headquarters In The Brush: Blazer'S Independent Union Scouts (Hardcover)

Covering a little known, outside of historians, side of the battle between the Union and Confederate cavalry for supremacy in Virginia's bread basket, this well written book explores the history behind Blazer's Scouts and how their little appreciated aspect of the Civil War contributed to the successful defense of the Union and defeat of the more widely popularized Confederate cavalry operations. Well worth a look...

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Blazer's Scouts vs Thurmond's Bushwhackers and Mosby, the great rebel guerrillas, December 26, 2005

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Amick Ranger - See all my reviews

This review is from: Headquarters In The Brush: Blazer'S Independent Union Scouts (Hardcover)

An account of Robert Blazer and his special forces operating in West Virginia and the Shenandoah valley against William and Philip Thurmond, and Mosby, the great rebel guerrillas. One of the few accounts of the feared Thurmond's Partisan Rangers, and the men who fought them. A must read for any 43rd Virginia Cavalry fan. First-hand soldier stories unveal the men behind the legends and untangle fact from myth.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very authoritative account on Union scouts, August 5, 2007

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robbieandrose (New England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Headquarters In The Brush: Blazer'S Independent Union Scouts (Hardcover)

While the writer isn't as smooth as some of the better known Civil War historians he makes up for it and then some with an enormous amount of detail and research. He makes a special effort to puncture (effectively in my opinion) the rather fanciful legion of Mosby and contributes important insights into Union scouting operations, bushwackers in WV, and interesting personalities like Crook and Sheridan.