Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall

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

Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the epic New York Times bestselling account of how Civil War general Thomas â€œStonewallâ€ 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 pantheonâ€”even Robert E. Leeâ€”he embodies the romantic Southern notion of the virtuous lost cause. Jackson is also considered, without argument, one of our countryâ€™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. Jacksonâ€™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 â€œmagnificent Rebel Yellâ€¦S.C. Gwynne brings Jackson ferociously to lifeâ€ (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 Jacksonâ€™s private life and traces Jacksonâ€™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.
Country USA
Manufacturer Scribner
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2014-09-30
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Scribner
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2014-09-30
Format	Kindle eBook

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

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