Searching For Stonewall Jackson

Author : Ben Cleary
Publisher : Twelve
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781455535798

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Searching for Stonewall Jackson by Ben Cleary Pdf

Historian Ben Cleary takes readers beyond the legend of Stonewall Jackson and directly onto the Civil War battlefields on which he fought, and where a country once again finds itself at a crossroads. Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson was the embodiment of Southern contradictions. He was a slave owner who fought and died, at least in part, to perpetuate slavery, yet he founded an African-American Sunday School and personally taught classes for almost a decade. For all his sternness and rigidity, Jackson was a deeply thoughtful and incredibly intelligent man. But his reputation and mythic status, then and now, was due to more than combat success. In a deeply religious age, he was revered for a piety that was far beyond the norm. How did one man meld his religion with the institution of slavery? How did he reconcile it with the business of killing, at which he so excelled? In SEARCHING FOR STONEWALL JACKSON, historian Ben Cleary examines not only Jackson's life, but his own, contemplating what it means to be a white Southerner in the 21st century. Now, as statues commemorating the Civil War are toppled and Confederate flags come down, Cleary walks the famous battlefields, following in the footsteps of his subject as he questions the legacy of Stonewall Jackson and the South's Lost Cause at a time when the contentions of politics, civil rights, and social justice are at a fever pitch. Combining nuanced, authoritative research with deeply personal stories of life in the modern American South, SEARCHING FOR STONEWALL JACKSON is a thrilling, vivid portrait of a soldier, a war, and a country still contending with its past.

Author : James I. Robertson
Publisher : MacMillan Publishing Company
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Generals
ISBN : 0028650646

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Stonewall Jackson by James I. Robertson Pdf

According to the author, this award-winning bestseller "is not a biography of a great general; it is the life of an extraordinary man who became a great general".

Author : S. C. Gwynne
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781451673302

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Rebel Yell by S. C. Gwynne Pdf

Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the epic New York Times bestselling account of how Civil War general Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson became a great and tragic national hero. 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. In his “magnificent Rebel Yell…S.C. Gwynne brings Jackson ferociously to life” (New York Newsday) in a swiftly vivid narrative that is rich with battle lore, biographical detail, and intense conflict among historical figures. 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.

Author : James Robertson, Jr.
Publisher : Cumberland House
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 1581824858

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Stonewall Jackson's Book of Maxims by James Robertson, Jr. Pdf

"Jackson's maxims are reproduced here as he wrote them. Accompanying each are insights into the man. This information includes the origin of the adage, one or more quotations that parallel the maxim, how Jackson may have applied the idea in his own life, and how certain maxims offer insights into the mind of the man"--Jacket.

Author : Mary Anna Jackson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 716 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Booksellers and bookselling
ISBN : NYPL:33433082376736

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Memoirs of Stonewall Jackson by Mary Anna Jackson Pdf

Author : J. M. Daniels
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1866
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:49778169

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Stonewall Jackson by J. M. Daniels Pdf

Author : George Francis Robert Henderson
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1018018034

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Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War; Volume 2 by George Francis Robert Henderson Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : J. Steven Wilkins
Publisher : Cumberland House Publishing
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1581822251

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All Things for Good by J. Steven Wilkins Pdf

Dubbed "Stonewall" after the battle of First Manassas in July 1861, Thomas Jackson has long been revered as a brilliant military leader and tactician and one of the most adroit Confederate commanders. The man himself is a study in contrasts: as feared by his enemies as he was beloved by his men. And in the eyes of some, his humble and sincere Christian faith seemed at odds with his reputation as a ferocious warrior. Jackson was graduated from West Point in 1846, participated in the Mexican War in 1848, and accepted a teaching position at the Virginia Military Institute in 1851, resigning his commission in the army a year later. When he left VMI ten years later to join the Confederate army, immediately he was commissioned a colonel and within months promoted to the rank of brigadier general. His battlefield successes against numerically superior Union armies made him a legend in both the South and the North. Mortally wounded by his own troops in May 1863, he "more than anyone else, personified the compelling and the virtuous in what the subsequent generation would label 'The Lost Cause.'" -- James I. Robertson Jr. All Things for Good is a thoughtful addition to the Leaders in Action Series. In it J. Steven Wilkins challenges some of the myths that surround Jackson and celebrates his devout Christian beliefs. Book jacket.

Author : Robert K. Krick
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2002-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0807853550

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Stonewall Jackson at Cedar Mountain by Robert K. Krick Pdf

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 C

Author : John Bowers
Publisher : Avon Books
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1990-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0380711648

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Stonewall Jackson by John Bowers Pdf

Applying a novelist's shaping hand to history, Bowers gives a dramatic closeup of one of the most important generals of the South--his childhood as a poor orphan shuttled among strict relatives, his two marriages, and the driving ambition he fought to control throughout his life.

Author : Chris Mackowski,Kristopher D. White
Publisher : Grub Street Publishers
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781611211511

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The Last Days of Stonewall Jackson by Chris Mackowski,Kristopher D. White Pdf

An exhaustive look at the final hours of the Confederacy’s most audacious general. May 1863. The Civil War was in its third spring, and Confederate Lt. Gen. Thomas Jonathan Jackson stood at the peak of his fame. He had risen from obscurity to become “Old Stonewall,” adored across the South and feared and respected throughout the North. On the night of May 2, however, just hours after Jackson executed the most audacious maneuver of his career and delivered a crushing blow against an unsuspecting Union army at Chancellorsville, disaster struck. The Last Days of Stonewall Jackson recounts the events of that fateful night—considered one of the most pivotal moments of the war—and the tense vigil that ensued as Jackson struggled with a foe even he could not defeat. From Guinea Station, where Jackson crosses the river to rest under the shade of the trees, the story follows Jackson’s funeral and burial, the strange story of his amputated arm, and the creation and restoration of the building where he died (now known as the Stonewall Jackson Shrine). This newly revised and expanded second edition features more than 50 pages of fresh material, including almost 200 illustrations, maps, and eye-catching photos. New appendices allow readers to walk in Jackson’s prewar footsteps through his adopted hometown of Lexington, Virginia; consider the ways Jackson’s memory has been preserved through monuments, memorials, and myths; and explore the misconceptions behind the Civil War’s great What-If: “What if Stonewall had survived his wounds?” With the engaging prose of master storytellers, Chris Mackowski and Kristopher D. White make The Last Days of Stonewall Jackson a must-read for Civil War novices and buffs alike.

Author : Christian B Keller
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781643131733

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The Great Partnership by Christian B Keller Pdf

Why were Generals Lee and Jackson so successful in their partner- ship in trying to win the war for the South? What was it about their styles, friendship, even their faith, that cemented them together into a fighting machine that consistently won despite often overwhelming odds against them?The Great Partnership has the power to change how we think about Confederate strategic decision-making and the value of personal relationships among senior leaders responsible for organizational survival. Those relationships in the Confederate high command were particularly critical for victory, especially the one that existed between the two great Army of Northern Virginia generals.It has been over two decades since any author attempted a joint study of the two generals. At the very least, the book will inspire a very lively debate among the thousands of students of Civil War his- tory. At best, it will significantly revise how we evaluate Confederate strategy during the height the war and our understanding of why, in the end, the South lost.

Author : Bevin Alexander
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780698138193

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Such Troops as These by Bevin Alexander Pdf

Acclaimed military historian Bevin Alexander offers a fresh and cogent analysis of Stonewall Jackson’s military genius and reveals how the Civil War might have ended differently if Jackson’s strategies had been adopted. The Civil War of 1861–65 pitted the industrial North against the agricultural South, and remains the most catastrophic conflict in terms of loss of life in American history. With triple the population and eleven times the industry, the Union had a decided advantage over the Confederacy in terms of direct conflict and conventional warfare. One general had the vision of an alternative approach that could win the War for the South—his name was Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson. It was Jackson’s strategy to always strike at the Union’s vulnerabilities, not to challenge its power directly. He won a campaign against the North with a force only a quarter of the size of the Union army, and he was the first commander to recognize the overwhelming defensive power of the new rifles and cannons. With most of its military forces on the offensive in the South, the North was left virtually undefended on its own turf. Jackson believed invading the eastern states along the great industrial corridor from Baltimore to Maine could divide and cripple the Union, forcing surrender. But he failed to convince Confederate president Jefferson Davis or General Robert E. Lee of the viability of his plan. In Such Troops as These, Bevin Alexander presents a compelling case for Stonewall Jackson as a supreme military strategist and the greatest general in American history. Fiercely dedicated to the cause of Southern independence, Jackson would not live to see the end of the War. But his military legacy lives on and finds fitting tribute in this book.

Author : Mary Anna Jackson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:500704509

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Memoirs of Stonewall Jackson by Mary Anna Jackson Pdf

Author : Ethan S. Rafuse
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011-08-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780313385841

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Stonewall Jackson by Ethan S. Rafuse Pdf

A thorough and effectively executed study, this biography will appeal to anyone interested in Stonewall Jackson and the military history of the Civil War. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson was one of the greatest generals of the Civil War and remains an iconic figure of American history. Stonewall Jackson: A Biography offers a complete yet concise account of Jackson's life and career, illuminating the forces and events that shaped both. The study is organized chronologically, beginning with Jackson's hardscrabble upbringing in the mountains of western Virginia. It follows him through the experiences that brought him to 1861, when he won the nickname "Stonewall" on the battlefield of the first great battle of the Civil War, and then traces his military career and role in the Confederate victories of 1861–1863. Throughout, the biography never loses sight of the man himself. Readers will understand both Jackson's impact on military history and the qualities that enabled him to achieve personal satisfaction and fame as one of history's great soldiers.