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. |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.

This title won the 1990 Richard Barksdale Harwell Award from the Atlanta Civil War Roundtable. It also won the 1991 Douglas Southall Freeman History Award.

About the Author
Robert K. Krick is author of several books, including Lee's Colonels, Conquering the Valley, and, most recently, The Smoothbore Volley That Doomed the Confederacy. He lives in Fredericksburg, Virginia.

Reviews
"A masterful job.... A model of what a battle narrative should be." - Virginia Magazine of History and Biography



Book Information
ISBN 9780807853559
Author Robert K. Krick
Format Paperback
Page Count 424
Imprint The University of North Carolina Press
Publisher The University of North Carolina Press
Weight(grams) 675g