Thomas Jonathan Jackson was the most renowned and skillful commander of Confederate troops in the Civil War. Not even Lee or Stuart matched his purely military intelligence—his intransigence at Bull Run (which earned him the name "Stonewall"), his knack for knowing when to attack and retreat, which he showed throughout the Shenandoah campaign, his tactical brilliance at Chancellorsville. He was stern, a strict Calvinist, a single-minded officer for whom religion and the army were everything. Yet he had the undivided loyalty of the men he commanded. This classic biography by the British historian G. F. R. Henderson, first published in 1898, is a meticulous study of Jackson's military campaigns from the Mexican War where he served under Winfield Scott to his death in 1863 at Chancellorsville. A romantic view of a great hero, inflected by the political views of the day, this work has remained a standard account of one of the Civil War's great warriors, here introduced by one of the Civil War's best historians.
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This is the book for any person who loves Stonewall!!!,
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I have been a fan of the American Civil War for over five years, and I have read many books on the subject and especially on Stonewall Jackson. I have never found a book more thorough about both subjects in my life. The author dives into several contravercies like: Why did the Civil War started, Did Stonewall fall asleep at the Seven day Battle? He also doesn't just stick to Stonewall, he also talks about other important figures in the Civil War. So if you are interested, kinda like, or a fanatic about Civil War and Stonewall Jackson like I am, I would recammend this book to every one!
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One can effectively argue that one cannot have an inimate understanding of a general to write his biography without being a military man first. After one reads this book, one comes away with a vision of how Jackson lived, prayed, and led, with all military terminology academically broken down for the layman. I recomend both this book as well as Robertson's account for in-depth reading and research.
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Excellent Civil War book,
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This book covers a lot of ground, it's well written and is never dull. Colonel Henderson knew his subject very well.
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IN the first quarter of the century, on the hills which stand above the Ohio River, but in different States of the Union, were born two children, destined, to all appearance, to lives of narrow interests and thankless toil. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cadet battalion, turning column, advanced guard, first brigade, ooo men Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Harper's Ferry, General Lee, Front Royal, Bull Run, Port Republic, Blue Ridge, General Jackson, Army of the Potomac, Stonewall Brigade, United States, West Point, New Market, Cross Keys, Cedar Run, Secretary of War, Thoroughfare Gap, White House, Fitzhugh Lee, Second Army Corps, West Wood, Light Division, Malvern Hill, Stone Bridge, Army of the Valley, General Longstreet New!
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IN the first quarter of the century, on the hills which stand above the Ohio River, but in different States of the Union, were born two children, destined, to all appearance, to lives of narrow interests and thankless toil. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cadet battalion, turning column, advanced guard, first brigade, ooo men Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Harper's Ferry, General Lee, Front Royal, Bull Run, Port Republic, Blue Ridge, General Jackson, Army of the Potomac, Stonewall Brigade, United States, West Point, New Market, Cross Keys, Cedar Run, Secretary of War, Thoroughfare Gap, White House, Fitzhugh Lee, Second Army Corps, West Wood, Light Division, Malvern Hill, Stone Bridge, Army of the Valley, General Longstreet New!
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- Army of the Potomac (The Civil War Library) by William Swinton on page 650
- Challenge of Command (West Point Military History Series) by Roger H. Nye on 4 pages
- Lee Moves North: Robert E. Lee on the Offensive by Michael A. Palmer on 4 pages
- How Wars Are Won: The 13 Rules of War from Ancient Greece to the War on Terror by Bevin Alexander in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- American Civil War: An English View: The Writings of Field Marshal Viscount Wolseley by James Rawley in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Military History and the Military Profession by David A. Charters on page 31, and page 43
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