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The Smoothbore Volley That Doomed the Confederacy: The Death of Stonewall Jackson and Other Chapters on the Army of Northern Virginia
Robert K. Krick
Hardcover. Louisiana State University Press 2002-03.
ISBN 9780807127476
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Förlagets beskrivning
No military unit in all the annals of American history exceeds in
reputation Robert E. Lee's illustrious Army of Northern Virginia. In ten
chapters based on exhaustive research, esteemed Civil War scholar Robert K.
Krick gives eloquent examination to aspects of the army ranging from
biographical sketches and the best and worst books on the subject, to
Confederate troop strengths and locating soldier records. He begins with two
key events: Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's mortal wounding at
Chancellorsville; and Jackson's most famous quarrel with a subordinate, which
resulted in the unsuccessful court martial of General Richard B. Garnett. Krick
continues with chapters on James Longstreet's failure at Knoxville and the
prickly relationship between Jubal A. Early and the undisciplined Valley
Cavalry. His piece on Robert E. Rodes is the first complete portrait of Lee's
best division commander, whose wife methodically burned all of his letters sent
home, forever preventing a full-scale biography. Krick, however, has uncovered
a wide array of unpublished material on Rodes to sketch him in fresh
perspective. Another essay considers the life and career of Colonel R. Welby Carter - a rogue who was cashiered by a court martial after the
Battle of Tom's Brook - a character quite different from Rodes. Krick also
examines Maxcy Gregg in the only article written on this politician-general.
The Smoothbore Volley That Doomed the Confederacy gleams with Krick's usual
superior research, skilled writing, and sound analysis and sheds new light on
one of the most popular Civil War subjects. It is sure to become an integral
part of the historiography of the Army of Northern Virginia. An examination of the Army of Northern Virginia, one of the most
illustrious military units in American history. Among ten chapters, Civil War
scholar Robert K. Krick recounts the death of Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson at
Chancellorsville and James Longstreet's failure at Knoxsville.
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