''Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War'' is a book combining a
biography
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and
military history
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of
Confederate
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Lt. General
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Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson's actions and results during the
American Civil War
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. Written by British soldier and author
G.F.R. Henderson, it was originally published in 1898 and became the author's most well-known work.
The book follows Jackson's actions and results, beginning with his
West Point
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and
VMI days, to his
Valley Campaign of 1862, as a corps commander in the
Army of Northern Virginia
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under
General Lee
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, and up to his wounding and death after
Chancellorsville. The twenty-five chapter work took eight years to complete and was first printed in two volumes, but since has been reprinted several times with most copies available as one complete book.
Reprints and versions
The original version of this work was published in 1898 by London, New York,
Longmans, Green and Co.
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It came in two volumes and contained 33 individual maps.
The next published version came in 1900 from the same press, also in two volumes, and included an introduction by
Field Marshal
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Viscount Wolseley.
Two exact reprints of the original would follow in 1911
and 1919
(after Henderson's death in 1903), both also by the same publisher. Next would be three reprints of the work with the introduction by Viscount Wolseley (after his death) in 1926,
January 1936,
and July 1937,
all again by the same press. However, the 1926 edition would be the last to be split into two volumes.
Chapters
* I.
West Point
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(p. 1)
* II.
Mexico
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(p. 21)
* III.
Lexington, 1851–1861 (p. 47)
* IV.
Secession
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, 1860–61 (p. 67)
* V. Harper's Ferry (p. 88)
* VI.
The Battle Of Manassas Or Bull Run (p. 115)
* VII.
Romney (p. 146)
* VIII.
Kernstown (p. 185)
* IX.
M'Dowell (p. 225)
* X.
Winchester
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(p. 260)
* XI.
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* Crosskeys, Wales
** Crosskeys railway station
** Crosskeys College, a campus of Coleg Gwent
* Crosskeys Bridge, a swing bridge in Lincolnshire, England
* The Cross Keys (disambiguatio ...
And
Port Republic (p. 304)
* XII. Review Of
The Valley Campaign (p. 344)
* XIII.
The Seven Days.
Gaines' Mill (p. 380)
* XIV. The Seven Days. Frayer's Farm And
Malvern Mill (p. 415)
* XV.
Cedar Run (p. 422)
* XVI. Groveton And
The Second Manassas (470)
* XVII. The Second Manassas (Continued) (p. 521)
* XVIII.
Harpers Ferry
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(p. 547)
* XIX.
Sharpsburg (p. 580)
* XX.
Fredericksburg (p. 622)
* XXI. The
Army of Northern Virginia
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(p. 666)
* XXII. Winter Quarters (p. 700)
* XXIII.
Chancellorsville (p. 720)
* XXIV. Chancellorsville (Continued) (p. 741)
* XXV. The Soldier And The Man (p. 779)
References
*
Henderson, G.F.R., ''Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War'', Barnes & Noble, Inc. 2006 ().
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