The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862 / edited by Gary W. Gallagher.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gallagher, Gary W.

Series:

Military campaigns of the Civil War.

Military campaigns of the Civil War

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shenandoah Valley Campaign, 1862.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An exploration of the Shenandoah Valley campaign, known for its role in establishing Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson's reputation as a Confederate Hero. It addresses military leadership, the campaign's political and social impact and the difference between memories of the events and historical record.

Contents:

You must either attack Richmond or give up the job and come to the defence of Washington : Abraham Lincoln and the 1862 Shenandoah Valley Campaign / Gary W. Gallagher

The metamorphosis in Stonewall Jackson's public image / Robert K. Krick

Such men as shields, banks, and Fremont : federal command in western Virginia, March-June 1862 / William J. Miller

In the very midst of the war track : the valley's civilians and the Shenandoah Campaign / Jonathan M. Berkey

Placed on the pages of history in letters of blood : reporting on and remembering the 12th Georgia Infantry in the 1862 valley campaign / Keith S. Bohannon

Turner Ashby's appeal / Peter S. Carmichael

Maryland's ablest confederate : Gen. Charles S. Winder of the Stonewall Brigade / Robert E. L. Krick

Prejudices and partialities : the Garnett controversy revisited / A. Cash Koeniger.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-241) and index.

ISBN:

9798890877789

9780807862469

0807862460

OCLC:

476236693