![]() ![]() A tour de force of battle history."-James M. The author presents a minute-by-minute account that will awe even the most demanding reader with its comprehensiveness. "The most detailed and meticulous tactical study of a crucial preliminary battle in the Second Manassas campaign that we are ever likely to see. At Cedar Mountain on August 9,1862, Stonewall Jackson exercised independent command of a campaign for the last time. ![]() Sears, author of Landscape Turned Red: The Battle of Antietam Robert Krick's brilliantly researched, minute-by-minute narrative is and will remain the definitive account of this bitter fight."-Stephen W. "Cedar Mountain has been Stonewall Jackson's least understood battle. "A model for battle narratives."- ALA Booklist Stonewall Jackson at Cedar Mountain is an important addition to modern Civil War literature."- America's Civil War "Krick's lively writing style, sound research and ability to reconstruct the tactics, movements and emotion of the battle will impress any reader. Krick's treatment is not only a comprehensive and compelling story of Jackson and his men at Cedar Mountain, but it is also a model of what a battle narrative should be."- Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Stonewall Jackson at Cedar Mountain will become a classic of Civil War literature."- North Carolina Historical Review ![]() Krick sets a standard for other military historians who practice the difficult genre of battle study. ![]() "An excellent study of what the Mighty Stonewall considered the 'most successful of his exploits'. ![]()
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