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Rebel Yell
Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson | S. C. Gwynne
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Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the epic New York Times bestselling account of how Civil War general Thomas “Stonewall” 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 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. 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. 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 his “magnificent Rebel Yell…S.C. Gwynne brings Jackson ferociously to life” (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 Jackson’s private life and 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.
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SirReadsalot1776
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After reading this book I have new respect for Thomas Jackson. This book is a must read for Civil War buffs.

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CallMeIshmael
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britt_brooke My husband liked Rebel Yell. I‘ll get to it eventually. 4y
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Susanita
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A little Virginia tourism today.

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JTRobertson
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Picked this one up as Stonewall Jackson came up repeatedly in my previous read, "Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy," plus he seemed like an interesting character.

Jackson's personal quirks around health and duty were interesting, but what struck me was his wholehearted belief in God's will. I'm not religious at all, but it was interesting to see how his faith made him nearly fearless and so sure of his personal course.

Good read, if a bit dry.

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GoneFishing

There is no way to know Jackson‘s thought process as he prepared to engage the Union army in front of him. He knew very little about it and certainly he had no idea that, at the moment he ordered his men to advance, he was actually outnumbered five to one. But it was characteristic of the man that his means of determining the enemy‘s strength was to hit the enemy in the face and then see what happened.

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