
Author/Contributor(s): | Shea, William L ; Hess, Earl J |
Publisher: | University of North Carolina Press |
Date: | 09/01/1997 |
Binding: | Paperback |
Condition: | NEW |
A model campaign history that merits recognition as a major contribution to the literature on Civil War military operations.--Journal of Military History
Shines welcome light on the war's largest battle west of the Mississippi.--USA Today
With its exhaustive research and lively prose style, this military study is virtually a model work of its kind.--Publishers Weekly
A thoroughly researched and well-told account of an important but often neglected Civil War encounter.--Kirkus Reviews
Offers the rich tactical detail, maps, and order of battle that military scholars love but retains a very readable style combined with liberal use of recollections of the troops and leaders involved.--Library Journal
This book is assured of a place among the best of all studies that have been published on Civil War campaigns.--American Historical Review
Destined to become a Civil War classic and a model for writing military history.--Civil War History
A campaign study of a caliber that all should strive for and few will equal.--Journal of American History
An excellent and detailed book in all accounts, scholarly and readable, with both clear writing and excellent analysis. . . . Utterly essential . . . for any serious student of the Civil War.--Civil War News