The Civil War, Summer 1863 Stonewall Jackson survives his accidental wounding at the Battle of Chancellorsville and now this legendary general leads the advance of Robert E. Lee's Confederate army as it invades the North. Jeb Stuart's horsemen capture Pennsylvania's state capital while the Blue and Gray maneuver for advantage near the little crossroads town of Gettysburg. It's high tide for the Confederacy as the opposing armies prepare for the decisive struggle of the war.
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In this imaginative "what if" novel, Stonewall Jackson survives his accidental wounding at the Battle of Chancellorsville and now this legendary general leads the advance of Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army as it invades the North. J. E. B. Stuart's horsemen capture Pennsylvania's state capital while the Blue and Gray maneuver for advantage near the little crossroads town of Gettysburg. It's high tide for the Confederacy as the opposing armies prepare for the decisive struggle of the war. Stonewall Jackson At Gettysburg provides an entertaining tale that is meticulously researched with respect to background and certain to interest civil war historians, students and non-specialist general readers. -- Midwest Book Review
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A lifelong student of the American Civil War, Douglas Lee Gibboney's writings have appeared in a number of publications, including the Washington Post, Philadelphia Inquirer, Civil War Times Illustrated, and Country Magazine. He holds a bachelor of science degree from Penn State University and has taught as an adjunct professor at Shippensburg University for 10 years. He and his wife live near Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania, in a farmhouse that was raided by Confederate cavalry during the Gettysburg campaign.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
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A fascinating and thought provoking diversion,
This review is from: Stonewall Jackson at Gettysburg (Paperback)
Generously immersed in historical fact, I found myself forgetting at times where fact ends and the "what if" takes over. Gibboney works this concept superbly and his excellent knowledge of civil war history rewards him well as he deftly paves a side road to historical reality. I anxiously await more literary magic from this gifted writer.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
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A new idea for an alternate Gettysburg,
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Although this books is classed as "juvenile fiction" and is perhaps not as complex as a novel for adults, Gibboney has come up with an original idea in the treatment of Gettysburg that makes the book worth reading by any alternate history fan. I.e., that the battle might have been fought elsewhere. Now admittedly there have been few other novel-length treatments of an alternate Gettysburg (Tsouras's detailed book is the only one that springs to mind), but Gibboney is apaprently the first to describe how a bad first day at Gettysburg could have led the Union to retreat, and the climatic battle is fought somewhere down the road. Thus, in Gibboney's world, we would today be still talking about the Battle of Taneytown.
3 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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An Excellant What If -- Enjoyable and Fun,
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Well illus., great CDV of Robert E. Lee signed on the image
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