Her commentary adds a poignant picture of jackson found through reading his letters and journal entries. The violence, passion, and redemption of stonewall jackson by s. This book was my first introduction and what an introduction it was to stonewall jackson. The author originally wrote the book in the late 1800s after corresponding with members of jacksons staff in order to get primary source material. New stonewall jackson biography by awardwinning author s. Always mystify, mislead, and surprise the enemy were the words that drove stonewall jackson, one of the most famous generals in the civil wars confederate army. This book gives an excellent summary of stonewall jackson during the civil war.
A sentence or two per page by stonewall, and paragraphs by the editor to try to make it relevant to life in general. Funeral boat of stonewall jackson in lynchburg, virginia jan. A skilled military tactician, he served as a confederate general under robert e. He also has an interesting theory on the controversy of the location on the ground where general jackson was wounded. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the spratly incident uss stonewall jackson book 2. Lively is an md and has some interesting information on the actual cause of death. Memoirs of stonewall jackson by his widow, mary anna jackson. I enjoyed it so much that i followed it with three other books on jackson. Thomas jonathan stonewall jackson, west point graduate, hero of the mexican war, and in the interim a quirky eccentric former virginia military institute. From the moment he left vmi for richmond to the moment of his death. Born to parents who died early, jackson and his sister had. Jackson basically grew up as an orphan and the one sister who he was close to became estranged at the end of his life. I found the book a little slow to get into at first but at the end i was balling like a baby. Its just a book of common sense and minutiae about etiquette.
These collections were put together by jackson s widow, mary anna jackson, in 1895. Nearby, at stonewall jackson s historical childhood home, his uncles grist mill is the centerpiece of a historical site at the jackson. Calamity at chancellorsville, the wounding and death of confederate general stonewall jackson, by mathew w. Henderson and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Im no student of military strategy and history, so i found maybe half the book uninteresting. The letters of stonewall jackson to his wife enjoyable, but read the biography first and stonewall jackson. A stonewall jackson bookshelf thomas stonewall jackson. The violence, passion, and redemption of stonewall jackson, tells jackson s story in an engaging narrative with a pace that never flags. Stonewall jackson s book of maxims a good look at the principles through which he sought to improve himself, beloved bride. A great accounting of stonewall jacksons activity during the civil war.
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