02678cam a2200337 i 4500 584686980 TxAuBib 20220718120000.0 151113s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2015490181 9781451673296 paperback 1451673299 paperback TxAuBib rda Gwynne, S. C, 1953-, author, (Samuel C.) Rebel yell [HC] : the violence, passion, and redemption of Stonewall Jackson / S.C. Gwynne. First Scribner trade paperback edition. New York : Scribner, 2015. xi, 672 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 623-634) and index. Stonewall Jackson has long been a figure of legend and romance. As much as any person in the Confederate pantheon—even Robert E. Lee—he embodies the romantic Southern notion of the virtuous lost cause. Jackson is also considered, without argument, one of our country’s greatest military figures. In April 1862, however, he was merely another Confederate general in an army fighting what seemed to be a losing cause. But by June he had engineered perhaps the greatest military campaign in American history and was one of the most famous men in the Western world. Jackson’s strategic innovations shattered the conventional wisdom of how war was waged; he was so far ahead of his time that his techniques would be studied generations into the future. In his “magnificent Rebel Yell…S.C. Gwynne brings Jackson ferociously to life” (New York Newsday) in a swiftly vivid narrative that is rich with battle lore, biographical detail, and intense conflict among historical figures. Gwynne delves deep into Jackson’s private life and traces Jackson’s brilliant twenty-four-month career in the Civil War, the period that encompasses his rise from obscurity to fame and legend; his stunning effect on the course of the war itself; and his tragic death, which caused both North and South to grieve the loss of a remarkable American hero. 20220718. Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863. Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863. Military leadership. Confederate States of America Army Biography. Generals Confederate States of America Biography. Virginia History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns.