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From the author of the prizewinning New York Times bestseller Empire of the Summer Moon comes a
thrilling account of how Civil War general Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson became a great and tragic American 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. His
brilliance at the art of war tied Abraham Lincoln and the Union high
command in knots and threatened the ultimate success of the Union
armies. 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 April
1862 Jackson was merely another Confederate general in an army fighting
what seemed to be a losing cause. 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. He had, moreover, given the Confederate
cause what it had recently lacked--hope--and struck fear into the
hearts of the Union.
Rebel Yell is written with the swiftly vivid
narrative that is Gwynne's hallmark and is rich with battle lore,
biographical detail, and intense conflict between historical figures.
Gwynne delves deep into Jackson's private life, including the loss of
his young beloved first wife and his regimented personal habits. It
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.
S.C. Gwynne is the author of the New York Times bestseller Empire of
the Summer Moon, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the
National Book Critics Circle Award. He spent most of his career as a
journalist, including stints with Time as bureau chief, national
correspondent, and senior editor, and with Texas Monthly as executive
editor. He lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife and daughter.
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