San Antonio College Library

On cover: The great battles from first Bull Run to Petersburg, showing the stake in each battle and the purpose of each move of both contestants, with a life history and personality study of the commanders on both sides.

A biography focusing on Jackson as an individual as well as a military strategist and general, by one of the country's leading Civil War historians. The passage of 130 years has only deepened the fascination and reverence for Confederate general Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson. He ranks today as among the half-dozen greatest soldiers that America has produced. Military academies in both hemispheres still teach his tactics. Revered by his men,...

WHEN JACKSON DIED IN 1863, EWELL TOOK OVER THE SECOND CORPS AND LED IT WITH MIXED SUCCESS AT GETTYSBURG, THE WILDERNESS, AND SPOTSYLVANIA COURT HOUSE. HIS FAILURE TO CAPTURE CEMETERY HILL ON THE FIRST DAY'S FIGHTING AT GETTYSBURG IS FREQUENTLY CITED AS A TURNING POINT IN THAT PIVOTAL BATTLE.

Interweaves the lives of these two historical figures in their early years before the Civil War, in their roles as determined adversaries, and in their later lives when they continued to be involved in their nation's fate.

The military autobiography of the Confederacy's most controversial general, from his 1853 graduation from West Point and subsequent duty in California and Texas (mainly on exploratory missions). Born a southern aristocrat, Hood unswervingly supported the Confederacy but was widely viewed as reckless with his commands. Hood lost an arm at Gettysburg, a leg at Chickamauga and Atlanta to Sherman.

The life of Robert E. Lee is a story of triumph - triumph in clearing his family name, triumph in marrying properly, triumph over the mighty Mississippi in his work as an engineer, and triumph over all other military men to become the towering figure who commanded the Confederate army in the American Civil War. But late in life Lee wrote what may be his most revealing phrase. He confessed that he "was always wanting something." This from perhaps the...

"From the acclaimed author of Gettysburg: The Last Invasion--a sweeping, singularly immediate, and intimate biography of the Confederate general and his fateful decision to betray his nation in order to defend his home state and uphold the slave system he claimed to oppose"-- "Lee betrayed his nation in order to defend his home state and uphold the slave system he claimed to oppose. He was a traitor to the country he swore to serve as an Army officer,...