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No Greater Courage: A Novel of the Battle of Fredericksburg

1 review
Richard Croker

Harper, 2007

A Different Opinion
I don't know who reviewed this book at Publishers Weekly, but I couldn't disagree more with whoever it was. Having read several non-fiction and fictionalized novels of the Civil War, I would have to say this book ranks almost equally with Jeff Sharra's The Last Full Measure and above his Gods and Generals which I felt was weak. I am enjoying new characterzations and characters in Croker's book ...

Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville: The Dare Mark Campaign (Great Campaigns of the Civil War)
Daniel E. Sutherland

University of Nebraska Press, 1998

All too often, histories of Civil War battles concentrate on the events of the battle, ignoring the larger campaign and undervaluing the battle’s impact on subsequent events. This work reveals and explains the vital connection between two epic battles: Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. The staggering Confederate victories at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville are seldom treated as part of a coherent strategy, and they have never been ...

A Slave No More: Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom, Including Their Own Narratives of Emancipation

7 reviews
David W. Blight

Harcourt, 2007

Great Reading for American History Buffs
History buffs in general will find "A Slave No More" a highly valuable read. For students of American history, and particularly for those who are interested in the Civil War and Reconstruction period, this book is must reading. There are not many first-person accounts by former slaves available to us. This volume contains two such narratives, hitherto unpublished: one is by Wallace Turnage and ...

Fredericksburg! Fredericksburg!

20 reviews
George C. Rable

The University of North Carolina Press, 2002

Great Overview
Fredericksburg! Fredericksburg! by George Rable is an excellent overview of an often overlooked campaign. Mr Rable's book, while not a military history, is a wonderfully writeen and easy to read book on the Fredericksburg Campaign. It starts off with Burnside replacing McClellan and ends with Burnside's dismissal after the infamous Mud March. If you want a great overall read on the entire ...

The Fredericksburg Campaign: Winter War on the Rappahannock

22 reviews
Francis Augustin O'Reilly

Louisiana State University Press, 2006

A excellent, detailed account of the battle
This book is an excellent and very detailed report of the battle of Fredericksburg. It is not a good book for someone who is interested in a simple overview of the battle, but to someone interested in the details of what happened at Fredericksburg and why the events unfolded as they did, it is an excellent reference. I believe that this will be the definitive book on Fredericksburg for many ...

60 Hikes within 60 Miles: Richmond: Including Petersburg, Williamsburg, and Fredericksburg (60 Hikes - ...

1 review
Nathan Lott

Menasha Ridge Press, 2005

Good info, up to date
We love this book and have completed several hikes so far. It is also useful for finding bike trails. The info we have used has been accurate and complete. Good details included, like whether hunting is allowed on or around the trails (important in rural area during certain times of the year). Two thumbs up!

Civil War Paintings of Mort Kunstler: Vol. 2: Fredericksburg to Gettysburg

2 reviews
M. Kunstler

Cumberland House Publishing, 2007

The best of the best!!
Reviewed by Irene Watson for Reader Views (10/07) Mort Kunstler's talents are impeccable as he portrays life during the Civil War in his paintings. Well-known individuals such as Robert E. Lee, James Longstreet, and Winfield Scott Hancock stand out while their story is represented through visual intrigue. Being a family history buff myself, I chose this book to review so I could get a ...

The Civil War: A Narrative: Volume 2: Fredericksburg to Meridian

3 reviews
Shelby Foote

Vintage, 1986

An Iliad of American agony
I read all three volumes of the great Shelby Foote's Civil War narrative in the 80s. This volume is yet another of his logically well-integrated, dramatic trio on that war and speaks a soft/loud pianoforte of war from the Southern perspective. It contains many a large gulp of its often hesitantly bitter, prolonged agony from the bloody cup of setbacks and disappointments on both sides of the ...

Fredericksburg, Virginia: Eclectic Histories for the Curious Reader
Ted Kamieniak

The History Press, 2008

Fastidiously investigated and painstakingly written, this eclectic compilation presents little-visited neighborhoods of historical inquiry. Meet Fredericksburg's first cop on the beat; discover the persistence of hoodoo and conjuration in black plantation society; delve into the account of State Senator Benjamin Pitts and Fredericksburg's first drive-in movie theater and so much more! Whether your interests lie in social history, vernacular ...

Lee and His Army in Confederate History (Civil War America)

2 reviews
Gary W. Gallagher

The University of North Carolina Press, 2006

A top notch critical evaluation
With the skill of a surgeon, Gary W. Gallagher dissects the myths and legends surrounding Robert E. Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia, past and current, to reveal a fascinating new look at the "marble man". Positioning himself squarely between the Lost Cause proponents and the current pack of revisionists, Gallagher relies on primary sources (newspapers, diaries and letters of civilians and ...

The Antietam And Fredericksburg (Campaigns of the Civil War.)
General Francis W. Palfrey

Da Capo Press, 1996

On September 17, 1862, the single bloodiest day of the Civil War, the Army of the Potomac under George B. McClellan clashed with Lee's invading Army of Northern Virginia at Antietam Creek. General Francis W. Palfrey (1831–1889), then lieutenant colonel of the 20th Massachusetts and later a founding member of the Military Historical Society of Massachusetts, was severely wounded in the savage struggle that forced the Confederates to retreat ...

Guide to the Battles of Chancellorsville and Fredericksburg

2 reviews

University Press of Kansas, 1996

ACW Battlefield Tour Bibles
These series of books are the best available resource for conducting ACW battlefield tours - assuming that your purpose in touring battlefields is to study and understand the applicable tactics, strategy and terrain and to develop an appreciation for the objectives and efforts of the participants. If you go to ACW battlefields to gawk and gossip as an everyday tourist then you do not need to ...

The Fredericksburg Campaign: Decision on the Rappahannock (Military Campaigns of the Civil War)

3 reviews

The University of North Carolina Press, 2008

A Fresh Examination
In collaboration with the University of North Carolina Press, Gary Gallagher has produced an amazingly insightful series of anthologies on various aspects of the American Civil War. This collection is one of the best. Its value is nicely summed up by a comment in the Introduction (p. xi): "Far from exhausted topics open only to increasingly minute dissection of tactical movements, the ...

My Name Is America: Journal Of Rufus Rowe, Witness To The Battle Of Fredricksburg (A Dear America Book)

3 reviews
Sid Hite

Scholastic Inc., 2003

Death and carnage at Stonewall
The journal of Rufus Rowe brings the reader into the mind of a young 16-year boy. Rufus witness the horror of war: "I shall never forget the smell of gun power" and "broken windows, furniture in the streets, and houses on fire" and "defeat in war means loss and victory in war means loss". Rufus patriotism and love Fredricksburg and Virginia was replaced by the burdens of carnage, death, and ...

Joy from Ashes: Battle of Fredericksburg/Season of Valor: Battle of Gettysburg (Battles of Destiny ...
Al Lacy

Multnomah Books, 2007

Dramatic Tales of Love and Civil War The Battles of Destiny series is now available in four attractive two-in-one volumes! Bestselling author Al Lacy packs each dramatic novel in the popular historical fiction series with heartwarming romance and solid moral values. Set during the Civil War, these are the tales of families, soldiers, nurses, and spies as they contend with the deadly threats posed by war and the eternal hope that springs from ...

Fredericksburg (VA) (Postcard History)
De'Onne C. Scott

Arcadia Publishing, 2006

The city of Fredericksburg, situated on the Rappahannock River, was established in 1728 and was named for Prince Frederick of England. Today it is home to the University of Mary Washington, where civil rights leader James L. Farmer Jr. was a faculty member and Claudia Emerson, 2006 Pulitzer Prize winner for poetry, continues to be on the faculty. Though very much a modern urban city, Fredericksburg still has a historic downtown district and ...

Chancellorsville: The Battle and Its Aftermath (Military Campaigns of the Civil War)

1 review
Gary W. (ed.) Gallagher

The University of North Carolina Press, 1996

Krick's Contribution Alone Makes This Book Invaluable
Although I haven't read all of this book, the contribution of Robert Krick, entitled "The Smoothbore Volley that Doomed the Confederacy" is such that it alone, at least to me, makes this an invalualbe book for students of both Jackson and Chancellorsville. For anyone who has been fascinated with the precise reconstruction of a historical event taking place at a defined place, Krick's writing ...

John Washington's Civil War: A Slave Narrative

Louisiana State University Press, 2008

In 1872, just seven years after his emancipation, a thirty-four-year-old former slave named John Washington penned the story of his life, calling it "Memorys of the Past." One hundred and twenty years later, in the early 1990s, historian Crandall Shifflett stumbled upon Washington's forgotten manuscript at the Library of Congress while researching Civil War Fredericksburg. Over the ensuing decade, Shifflett sought to learn more about this ...

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