Shenandoah 1862 - Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign

Informationen zum Autor Peter Cozzens is an independent scholar and Foreign Service officer with the U.S. Department of State. He is author or editor of nine highly acclaimed Civil War books, including The Darkest Days of the War: The Battles of Iuka and Corinth . Klappentext One of the most intriguing and storied episodes of the Civil War, the 1862 Shenandoah Valley Campaign has heretofore been related only from the Confederate point of view. Moving seamlessly between tactical details and analysis of strategic significance, Peter Cozzens presents a balanced, comprehensive account of a campaign that has long been romanticized but little understood. He offers new interpretations of the campaign and the reasons for Stonewall Jackson’s success, demonstrates instances in which the mythology that has come to shroud the campaign has masked errors on Jackson’s part, and provides the first detailed appraisal of Union leadership in the Valley Campaign, with some surprising conclusions. Zusammenfassung One of the most intriguing and storied episodes of the Civil War! the 1862 Shenandoah Valley Campaign has previously been related only from the Confederate point of view. Moving seamlessly between tactical details and analysis of strategic significance! Peter Cozzens presents a balanced! comprehensive account of a campaign that has long been romanticised but little understood.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Cozzens
• Publisher: University Of North Carolina
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.2013
• EAN: 9781469606828
• ISBN: 978-1-4696-0682-8
• No. of pages: 640
• Series: Civil War America (Paperback); Civil War America
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; zweite Hälfte 19. Jahrhundert (1850 bis 1899 n. Chr.), Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Amerikanische Geschichte, History - Military / War, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), HISTORY / Military / United States