A Confederate general who ranks with Lee, Jeb Stuart, and Stonewall Jackson but whose achievements have been unfairly neglected until now, finally receives his due in this invaluable biography by a noted historian of the Civil War. Drawing extensively on newly unearthed documents, this work provides a gripping battle-by-battle assessment of Hill's role in Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, and other battles. 8 pages of photographs. From the Trade Paperback edition.

General A.P. Hill: The Story of a Confederate Warrior

Biographies & Memoirs

Robertson, Jr., James I.

Leaders & Notable People

Random House]

Civil War! America Becomes One Nation

Examines the causes, major battles, military leaders, and effects of the American Civil War.

Teen & Young Adult

Education & Reference

Knopf Books for Young Readers

Clear, insightful text is complemented by black-and-white photographs in this single, comprehensive volume, which details the conflict that shattered a country but forged the strong and united nation the world knows today. "Robertson successfully presents the perspectives of both sides and manages to avoid glorifying war." --Booklist

Historical Fiction

A Confederate general who ranks with Lee, Jeb Stuart, and Stonewall Jackson but whose achievements have been unfairly neglected until now, finally receives his due in this invaluable biography by a noted historian of the Civil War. Drawing extensively on newly unearthed documents, this work provides a gripping battle-by-battle assessment of Hill's role in Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, and other battles. 8 pages of photographs.

Historical

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Clear, insightful text is complemented by black-and-white photographs in this single, comprehensive volume, which details the conflict that shattered a country but forged the strong and united nation the world knows today.

Provides the biography of this American military hero, from his earliest days as an orphan and his accomplishments at West Point through his successes during the Mexican-American War and campaigns as a general in the Civil War.

Standing Like a Stone Wall: The Life of General Thomas J. Jackson

Children's Books

Biographies

Atheneum

To some, Robert E. Lee is a beloved general, held in the highest regard. To others, he is one of history's most paradoxical heroes. He fought passionately to defend his homeland and was one of the nation's greatest soldiers, yet his name is often inextricably linked with slavery and secession. In 1861 Lee was Lincoln's first choice to lead the Union troops in the Civil War. But a strong loyalty to Virginia held Lee back. Instead he chose to become the commanding officer of the Confederacy. Lee had great success in battle by spitting his forces and unleashing suprise attacks. His victory at Chancellorville, where his troops soundly defeated an enemy twice their size, remains the most astonishing. However, only when he surrendered in 1865 did the nation understand the kind of man Robert E. Lee truly was. He was kind and loving, giving all of himself to a reconciliation between the North and the South. In this meticulously researched biography, James I. Robertson explores the life of one of the most revered -- and misunderstood -- Civil War Generals.

Robert E. Lee: Virginian Soldier, American Citizen

Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Here, seen through the eyes of the men themselves, is the story of the Confederacy’s legendary Stonewall Brigade. Most Civil War accounts treat of battles and armies. The focus of this exciting account is sharper, narrower: a single brigade, the basic unit of attack of one of those armies. The Stonewall Brigade and its first commander, Thomas J. Jackson, won their nickname at the bloody baptism of First Manassas. Over the next four years "Jackson’s foot cavalry" achieved fame and sustained losses matched by few American military units before or since. There were some 2,600 men serving in the brigade at the start of the war. At Appomattox-thirty-nine engagements later-only 210 remained, none above the rank of captain. But these men from out of the Valley of Virginia had written their names upon the pages of history. In The Stonewall Brigade the author, a distinguished scholar of the Civil War, has given equal billing with the immortal Jackson to such soldiers as Lieutenant David Barton, Captain Kyd Douglas, and Private John Casler. He has attempted to capture the camp life, the marches, the personal experiences in battle rather than concentrate on well-known strategy and familiar Confederate leaders. Similarly, descriptions of battles are written from within the ranks rather than from command posts. The result is a vivid and often moving account of courage and cowardice, triumph and heartbreak-and endurance perhaps without parallel.

The Stonewall Brigade

History

Americas

LSU Press

Civil War Virginia: Battleground for a Nation

This book by aclaimed author, James I. Robertson, Jr., is a comprehensive guide book to all the major Civil War sties in Virginia. Robertson has put together a handy volume filled with fascinating, and sometimes, little-known facts. This guide includes the 26 major battlefields in Virginia as well as some of the smaller skirmishes.

University of Virginia Press

Since 1982, the renowned Civil War historian James I. "Bud" Robertson’s Civil War Sites in Virginia: A Tour Guide has enlightened and informed Civil War enthusiasts and scholars alike. The book expertly explores the commonwealth’s Civil War sites for those hoping to gain greater insight and understanding of the conflict. But in the years since the book’s original publication, accessibility to many sites and the interpretive material available have improved dramatically. In addition, new historical markers have been erected, and new historically significant sites have been developed, while other sites have been lost to modern development or other encroachments. The historian Brian Steel Wills offers here a revised and updated edition that retains the core of the original guide, with its rich and insightful prose, but that takes these major changes into account, introducing especially the benefits of expanded interpretation and of improved accessibility. The guide incorporates new information on the lives of a broad spectrum of soldiers and citizens while revisiting scenes associated with the era’s most famous personalities. New maps and a list of specialized tour suggestions assist in planning visits to sites, while three dozen illustrations, from nineteenth-century drawings to modern photographs, bring the war and its impact on the Old Dominion vividly to life. With the sesquicentennial remembrances of the American Civil War heightening interest and spurring improvements, there may be no better time to learn about and visit these important and moving sites than now.

Civil War Sites in Virginia: A Tour Guide

Wills, Brian Steel

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General A.P. Hill: The Story of a Confederate Warrior

Civil War! America Becomes One Nation

Civil War! America Becomes One Nation

General A.P. Hill: The Story of a Confederate Warrior

Civil War! America Becomes One Nation

Standing Like a Stone Wall: The Life of General Thomas J. Jackson

Robert E. Lee: Virginian Soldier, American Citizen

The Stonewall Brigade

Civil War Virginia: Battleground for a Nation

Civil War Sites in Virginia: A Tour Guide