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The Stonewall Brigade
- Title
- The Stonewall Brigade / James I. Robertson.
- Author
- Robertson, James I., Jr. (James Irvin), 1930-2019
- Publication
- Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, ©1963.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | E581.4.S8 R6 1963 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xiii, 271 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- This history paints a colorful portrait of the men who served their beloved commander Stonewall Jackson.
- "Almost as legendary as the immortal Stonewall Jackson himself was the brigade that shared his name--and for good reason. These men from out of the Valley of Virginia, in the bloody baptism of First Manassas, had stood like a stone wall. They would be given other names: "Jackson's foot cavalry," "Jackson's mules," and they would achieve a fame second to that of no other unit in the Confederate Army. Here, seen through the eyes of the men themselves, is the story of Virginia's famed Stonewall Brigade. Most Civil War accounts treat of battles and armies. The focus of this exciting account is sharper, narrower: the basic unit of attack of one of those armies. They were rough fighters, these men of Stonewall Jackson. Eventually they earned a reputation for invincibility accepted by North and South alike. Confederate troops seemed to grow in confidence if they knew the Stonewall Brigade was charging in an assault with them. Federal soldiers came to feel that the brigade possessed some super human power, a quality which they attributed to the unpredictable and mysterious Jackson. There were some 2,600 men serving in the unit at the start of the war. At Appomattox--thirty-nine engagements later--only 210 remained, none above the rank of captain. But these men had written their names upon the pages of history. In The Stonewall Brigade the author, a brilliant young scholar of the Civil War, has given equal billing with the legendary Jackson to such soldiers as Lieutenant David Barton, Captain Kyd Douglas, and Private John Casler. He has attempted to capture the camp life, the marches, the personal experiences in battle, rather than concentrate on the areas that have been most frequently covered by other historians. The result is a vivid and often moving account of courage and cowardice, triumph and heartbreak--and endurance perhaps without parallel."--Jacket
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliography and index.
- Contents
- Citizen soldiers -- The stones of the Wall -- Baptism into battle -- Immortality at Manassas -- The test of patriotism -- The first taste of defeat -- Hide-and-seek in the Valley -- Jackson's foot cavalry -- "Fighting is becoming quite fashionable" -- Service on the Peninsula -- "Into the jaws of death" -- Groveton and another Manassas -- The Maryland Invasion -- Life in winter quarters -- Chancellorsville heartache -- "The whole campaign was a blunder" -- Slaughter at Spotsylvania -- The bitter end -- Epilogue.
- ISBN
- 0807107174
- 9780807107171
- 0807103969
- 9780807103968
- LCCN
- 63009648
- OCLC
- ocm00256416
- 256416
- SCSB-259503
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library