Stonewall Jackson at Cedar Mountain / Robert K. Krick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krick, Robert K.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cedar Mountain, Battle of, Va., 1862.

Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863.

Jackson, Stonewall.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 472 p. ) ill. ;

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c1990.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

North Carolina Historical Review "A masterful job.... Krick's treatment is not only a comprehensive and compelling story of Jackson and his men at Cedar Mountain, but it is also a model of what a battle narrative should be.-- Virginia Magazine of History and Biography "Krick's lively writing style, sound research and ability to reconstruct the tactics, movements and emotion of the battle will impress any reader.-- America's Civil War --> 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.

Contents:

John Pope's difficult adjustment

Jackson and Hill clash

A slow march to battle

Jackson and Winder as gunners

Confused preparations in the woods

Augur's attack

The Confederate left dissolves

Federal high tide

Jackson waves his sword

The cavalry charge

The Fourteenth Georgia fills the breach

Counterattack

Mopping up in the cornfield

After dark

August 10

August 11.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 443-456).

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

9798890886064

9780807862681

0807862681