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Author
Publisher
Macmillan
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
A biography focusing on Jackson as an individual as well as a military strategist and general, by one of the country's leading Civil War historians. The passage of 130 years has only deepened the fascination and reverence for Confederate general Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson. He ranks today as among the half-dozen greatest soldiers that America has produced. Military academies in both hemispheres still teach his tactics. Revered by his men,...
Author
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
"Davis highlights Stonewall Jackson as a general who emphasized the importance of reliable information and early preparedness (he so believed in information that he had a personal mapmaker with him at all times) and details Jackson's many lessons in strategy and leadership."--From publisher description
Author
Language
English
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Description
Stonewall Jackson has long been a figure of legend and romance. As much as any person in the Confederate pantheon, he embodies the romantic Southern notion of the virtuous lost cause. Jackson is also considered one of our country's greatest military figures. His briiliance at the art of war tied Abraham Lincoln and the Union high command in knots and threatened the ultimate success of the Union armies.
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