Cavalryman of the Lost Cause

Zusatztext "One of the Civil War's most popular historians has tackled one of its most memorable figures. Scrupulously avoiding the pitfalls of either blind worship or reckless iconoclasm! Jeffry Wert recounts the successes and failures of this remarkable soldier in a masterful study that combines diligent research and fresh analysis with the prose of a gripping novel. A must for any bookshelf -- Blue or Gray." -- Joseph Pierro! editor of The Maryland Campaign of September 1862: Ezra A. Carman's Definitive Study of the Union and Confederate Armies at Antietam Informationen zum Autor Jeffry D. Wert is the author of seven previous books on Civil War topics, most recently The Sword of Lincoln . He lives in Centre Hall, Pennsylvania, about an hour from the battlefield at Gettysburg. Klappentext Jeffrey D. Wert is the author of six previous books about the Civil War. His writing has appeared in such publications as "The Civil War Times Illustrated" and "Blue and Gray." He lives in Centre Hall! Pennsylvania Zusammenfassung Now in paperback! this major biography of J.E.B. Stuartthe first in two decadesuses newly available documents to draw the fullest! most accurate portrait of the legendary Confederate cavalry commander ever published. • Major figure of American history: James Ewell Brown Stuart was the South's most successful and most colorful cavalry commander during the Civil War. Like many who die young (Stuart was thirty-one when he succumbed to combat wounds)! he has been romanticized and popular- ized. One of the best-known figures of the Civil War! J.E.B. Stuart is almost as important a figure in the Confederate pantheon as Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. • Most comprehensive biography to date: Cavalryman of the Lost Cause is based on manuscripts and unpublished letters as well as the latest Civil War scholarship. Stuart's childhood and family are scrutinized! as is his service in Kansas and on the frontier before the Civil War. The research in this biography makes it the authoritative work. ...

Autorentext
Jeffry D. Wert is the author of seven previous books on Civil War topics, most recently The Sword of Lincoln. He lives in Centre Hall, Pennsylvania, about an hour from the battlefield at Gettysburg.

Klappentext
Jeffrey D. Wert is the author of six previous books about the Civil War. His writing has appeared in such publications as "The Civil War Times Illustrated" and "Blue and Gray." He lives in Centre Hall, Pennsylvania

Zusammenfassung
Now in paperback, this major biography of J.E.B. Stuart—the first in two decades—uses newly available documents to draw the fullest, most accurate portrait of the legendary Confederate cavalry commander ever published.

• Major figure of American history: James Ewell Brown Stuart was the South’s most successful and most colorful cavalry commander during the Civil War. Like many who die young (Stuart was thirty-one when he succumbed to combat wounds), he has been romanticized and popular- ized. One of the best-known figures of the Civil War, J.E.B. Stuart is almost as important a figure in the Confederate pantheon as Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson.

• Most comprehensive biography to date: Cavalryman of the Lost Cause is based on manuscripts and unpublished letters as well as the latest Civil War scholarship. Stuart’s childhood and family are scrutinized, as is his service in Kansas and on the frontier before the Civil War. The research in this biography makes it the authoritative work.

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