Synopses & Reviews
At Cedar Mountain on August 9,1862, Stonewall Jackson exercised independent command of a campaign for the last time. Robert Krick untangles the myriad original accounts by participants on both sides of the battle to offer an illuminating portrait of the Confederate general commanding his troops under the extraordinary pressures of combat. From diaries, reminiscences, letters, and newspaper articles, Krick reconstructs a vivid and detailed account of the confrontation at Cedar Mountain and Jackson's victory there.
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A masterful job. . . . A model of what a battle narrative should be.
Virginia Magazine of History and Biography
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A model for battle narratives.
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Krick sets a standard for other military historians who practice the difficult genre of battle study. North Carolina Historical Review
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Krick's lively writing style . . . will impress any reader. [This book] is an important addition to modern Civil War literature.
America's Civil War
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Robert Krick untangles the myriad accounts by participants who fought the battle on both sides, and he offers an illuminating portrait of the Confederate general commanding his troops under the extraordinary pressures of combat.
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Winner of the 1990 Richard Barksdale Harwell Award, Atlanta Civil War Round Table
Winner of the 1991 Douglas Southall Freeman History Award, Military Order of the Stars and Bars
An excellent study of what the Mighty Stonewall considered the 'most successful of his exploits'. . . . Krick sets a standard for other military historians who practice the difficult genre of battle study. Stonewall Jackson at Cedar Mountain will become a classic of Civil War literature.--
North Carolina Historical ReviewA masterful job. . . . Krick's treatment is not only a comprehensive and compelling story of Jackson and his men at Cedar Mountain, but it is also a model of what a battle narrative should be.--
Virginia Magazine of History and BiographyKrick's lively writing style, sound research and ability to reconstruct the tactics, movements and emotion of the battle will impress any reader.--
America's Civil War At Cedar Mountain on August 9,1862, Stonewall Jackson exercised independent command of a campaign for the last time. Robert Krick untangles the myriad original accounts by participants on both sides of the battle to offer an illuminating portrait of the Confederate general commanding his troops under the extraordinary pressures of combat. From diaries, reminiscences, letters, and newspaper articles, Krick reconstructs a vivid and detailed account of the confrontation at Cedar Mountain and Jackson's victory there.
Synopsis
Krick sets a standard for other military historians who practice the difficult genre of battle study.
North Carolina Historical Review A masterful job. . . . A model of what a battle narrative should be.
Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Krick's lively writing style . . . will impress any reader. [This book] is an important addition to modern Civil War literature.
America's Civil War A model for battle narratives.
ALA Booklist
About the Author
Robert K. Krick's books include Lee's Colonels, Conquering the Valley, and, most recently, The Smoothbore Volley That Doomed the Confederacy. He lives in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Prologue
1: John Pope's Difficult Adjustment
2: Jackson and Hill Clash
3: A Slow March to Battle
4: Jackson and Winder as Gunners
5: Confused Preparations in the Woods
6: Augur's Attack
7: The Confederate Left Dissolves
8: Federal High Tide
9: Jackson Waves His Sword
10: The Cavalry Charge
11: The Fourteenth Georgia Fills the Breach
12: Counterattack
13: Mopping Up in the Cornfield
14: After Dark
15: August 10
16: August 11
Appendixes
Notes
Bibliography
Index