BOOK FREDERICKSBURG TO CHANCELLORSVILLE JOURNEY (BOX49)

 COURTESY OF GIBSONS TACTICAL TAVERN                                                                       MILITARY SURPLUS LISTING INDIVIDUALLY PICTURED

THE CIVIL WAR: A NARRATIVE: FREDERICKSBURG TO CHANCELLORSVILLE: THE LONGEST JOURNEY

AUTHOR: SHELBY FOOTE

PUBLISHER: RANDOM HOUSE    NEW YORK

COPYRIGHT: 1963 BY SHELBY FOOTE

ISBN:  0-307-29026-3

THE STORY IS TOLD ENTIRELY FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN IT. THE READER NOT ONLY LEARNS WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE NORTH AND SOUTH, ON THE POLITICAL, MILITARY, DIPLOMATIC, AND HOME FRONTS, THE READER LIVES THROUGH THE EVENTS AS IF HE OR SHE WERE THERE. THIS IS THE WAY IT WAS, IN ITS ENTIRETY, AS FAR AS SHELBY FOOTE COULD DISCOVER IT DURING YEARS OF EXHAUSTIVE RESEARCH.                                                                                                         THIS AUTHORITATIVE NARRATIVE IS DOMINATED BY THE ALMOST CONNTINUAL CONFRONTATION OF THE GREAT ARMIES. THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC (NOW UNDER THE COMMAND OF BURNSIDE) ATTEMPTS TO TAKE RICHMOND, RESULTING IN THE BLOODBATH AT FREDERICKSBURG.  THEN JOE HOOKER TRIES AGAIN, ONLY TO BE REPULSED AT CHANCELLORSVILLE AS STONEWALL JACKSON TURNS HIS FLANG--A BITTER VICTORY FOR THE SOUTH, PAID FOR BY THE DEATH OF LEE'S FOREMOST LIEUTENANT.