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Confederate Generals of the Civil War
Profiles Nathan B. Forrest, Stonewall Jackson, Joseph E. Johnston, Robert E. Lee, James Longstreet, George Pickett, Jeb Stuart, and others
112 pages, Library Binding
First published January 1, 1998
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June 13, 2021
Published in 1998 by Enslow Publishers, Inc.
Part of a series of 8 books, Confederate Generals of the Civil War was intended to be a classroom or school media center supplement for students to use as a resource. It is not a large book - 112 pages including a glossary, some charts comparing the the Union and the Confederacy, 2 maps and a timeline of the Civil War.
There are 10 biographies, arranged in alphabetical order. Each biography is 8-9 pages, including a photograph of the general and a related picture (photo of a battlefield, drawing of a battle scene, etc.).
The biographies themselves are pretty neutral, although it does take some mild stands on a few controversial items. It states in a matter of fact manner that Robert E. Lee was anti-slavery (It was definitely more complicated than that). It puts a lot of blame for Pickett's Charge on Longstreet, not on Lee. And, it gets sappilyy sentimental in the last paragraph of Pickett's biography. I would rate it as very mildly slanted towards the old "Lost Cause" theory of the war (the three areas I mentioned are all at the heart of the theory), but not fatally so.
The featured generals are:
Nathan Bedford Forrest;
William Joseph Hardee;
A.P. Hill;
John Bell Hood;
"Stonewall" Jackson;
Joseph Johnston;
Robert E. Lee;
James Longstreet;
George Pickett;
J.E.B. Stuart
Other books in the series include a collection of biographies of Union Generals, "Women in America's Wars" and "American Heroes of Exploration and Flight".
I rate this book 3 stars out of 5. The biographies are just not all that interesting out of context.
https://dwdsreviews.blogspot.com/2021...
Part of a series of 8 books, Confederate Generals of the Civil War was intended to be a classroom or school media center supplement for students to use as a resource. It is not a large book - 112 pages including a glossary, some charts comparing the the Union and the Confederacy, 2 maps and a timeline of the Civil War.
There are 10 biographies, arranged in alphabetical order. Each biography is 8-9 pages, including a photograph of the general and a related picture (photo of a battlefield, drawing of a battle scene, etc.).
The biographies themselves are pretty neutral, although it does take some mild stands on a few controversial items. It states in a matter of fact manner that Robert E. Lee was anti-slavery (It was definitely more complicated than that). It puts a lot of blame for Pickett's Charge on Longstreet, not on Lee. And, it gets sappilyy sentimental in the last paragraph of Pickett's biography. I would rate it as very mildly slanted towards the old "Lost Cause" theory of the war (the three areas I mentioned are all at the heart of the theory), but not fatally so.
The featured generals are:
Nathan Bedford Forrest;
William Joseph Hardee;
A.P. Hill;
John Bell Hood;
"Stonewall" Jackson;
Joseph Johnston;
Robert E. Lee;
James Longstreet;
George Pickett;
J.E.B. Stuart
Other books in the series include a collection of biographies of Union Generals, "Women in America's Wars" and "American Heroes of Exploration and Flight".
I rate this book 3 stars out of 5. The biographies are just not all that interesting out of context.
https://dwdsreviews.blogspot.com/2021...
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