Rebel Yell

The Violence, Passion and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson

S C Gwynne

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English

06 October 2015

Biography: historical, political & military; History

Stonewall Jackson has long been a figure of legend and romance. As much as any person in the Confederate pantheon - even Robert E. Lee - he embodies the romantic Southern notion of the virtuous lost cause. Jackson is also considered, without argument, one of our country's greatest military figures.

In April 1862, however, he was merely another Confederate general in an army fighting what seemed to be a losing cause. But by June he had engineered perhaps the greatest military campaign in American history and was one of the most famous men in the Western world. Jackson's strategic innovations shattered the conventional wisdom of how war was waged; he was so far ahead of his time that his techniques would be studied generations into the future.

Gwynne delves deep into Jackson's private life and traces Jackson's brilliant twenty-four-month career in the Civil War, the period that encompasses his rise from obscurity to fame and legend; his stunning effect on the course of the war itself; and his tragic death, which caused both North and South to grieve the loss of a remarkable American hero.

By: S C Gwynne
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 213mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 48mm
Weight: 635g
ISBN: 9781451673296
ISBN 10: 1451673299
Publication Date: 06 October 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson

Rebel Yell is the best biography of Stonewall Jackson I have ever read. The scholarship is exemplary, the narrative riveting and richly textured. With a rare combination of unflinching objectivity and genuine compassion, Rebel Yell unraveled for me the enigma of Stonewall Jackson. A magnificent achievement, Rebel Yell represents a milestone in Civil War literature. --Peter Cozzens, author of Shenandoah 1862: Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign