The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864
Edited by Gary W. Gallagher
416 pp., 6.125 x 9.25, 38 illus., 1 fig., 2 tables, 7 maps, notes, bibl., index
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Paperback ISBN: 978-0-8078-5956-8
Published: February 2009 -
E-book EPUB ISBN: 978-0-8078-7711-1
Published: December 2006 -
E-book PDF ISBN: 979-8-8908-8092-5
Published: December 2006
Military Campaigns of the Civil War
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The eleven original essays in this volume reexamine common assumptions about the campaign, its major figures, and its significance. Taking advantage of the most recent scholarship and a wide range of primary sources, contributors examine strategy and tactics, the performances of key commanders on each side, the campaign's political repercussions, and the experiences of civilians caught in the path of the armies. The authors do not always agree with one another, yet, taken together, their essays highlight important connections between the home front and the battlefield, as well as ways in which military affairs, civilian experiences, and politics played off one another during the campaign.
Contributors:
William W. Bergen, Charlottesville, Virginia
Keith S. Bohannon, State University of West Georgia
Andre M. Fleche, University of Virginia
Gary W. Gallagher, University of Virginia
Joseph T. Glatthaar, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Robert E. L. Krick, Richmond, Virginia
Robert K. Krick, Fredericksburg, Virginia
William J. Miller, Churchville, Virginia
Aaron Sheehan-Dean, University of North Florida
William G. Thomas, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Joan Waugh, University of California, Los Angeles
About the Author
Gary W. Gallagher is John L. Nau III Professor of History at the University of Virginia. He has written or edited two dozen books in the field of Civil War history, including The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862 and Lee and His Army in Confederate History (both UNC Press).
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"For Civil War buffs (and you know who you are), it is the closest thing to attending a round-table in book form--read a chapter en masse and let the debating begin."--Civil War Times
"This new volume in the series contains fine writing and commendable research. It has much to offer in any examination of the significant campaign."--Civil War News
"For scholars . . . the volume offers significant new studies. More general Civil War readers will find the essays . . . informative, engaging, and well-written."--Civil War History
"Gallagher's book, The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864, is a fine collection of essays, all well written and researched. . . . Gallagher's collection of essays represents sound scholarship on some of the notable personalities and tactical movements of a desperate Confederate operation in Virginia."--Journal of American History
"Provides perspective on a variety of military, political and social issues related to the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864."--The Washington Times
"[The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864] will be a necessary work for any future study of the campaign for final control of 'The Breadbasket of the Confederacy.'"--Journal of Military History
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