Stonewall Jackson: A Biography

Army | January 1, 2008| | Copyright

Stonewall Jackson: A Biography. Donald A. Davis. Palgrave Macmillan. 204 pages; black and white photographs; index; $21.95.

Lt. Gen. Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson emerged from the American Civil War with a glorious military reputation, which at the time eclipsed that of Gen. Robert E. Lee. To most historians, Jackson's untimely demise in the aftermath of the Confederate victory at Chancellorsville deprived the South of its most formidable battlefield commander.

In Stonewall Jackson: A Biography, the latest edition of the Great Generals series, Donald A. Davis paints a familiar portrait of the ...

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