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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 10. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Campaigns of the civil war — Chancellorsville — Gettysburg . (search)
Campaigns of the civil war — Chancellorsville — Gettysburg.
A review of General Doubleday by Colonel Wm. Allan.
No volume of this valuable series covers a period of more absorbing interest than General Doubleday's account of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg.
These were two of the greatest battles of the war, and the last, though not the decisive struggle it is often represented, marked the supreme point of southern effort, and was followed by unmistakable and growing signs of exhaustion.
The book, as we might expect from the character and rank of its author, is a clear and painstaking narrative of events in which he bore a distinguished part.
It is valuable as the carefully prepared statement of a Federal General officer who was a prominent participant, especially at Gettysburg, in the great campaign of 1863.
It is well illustrated by fairly good maps, and in this respect contrasts very agreeably with most of the preceding numbers of the series.
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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 10. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Peninsula — McClellan 1862 Alexander S. Webb (search)
The Peninsula — McClellan's campaign of 1862, by Alexander S. Webb. A review by Colonel William Allan.
General Webb's book is a valuable one.
It is on the whole, a clear and simple narrative of the Peninsula campaign, or rather of the actions and sufferings of the army of the Potomac during that campaign.
It is written with that comprehension of the military field of operations and of the movements therein, that we might expect from an officer of the rank and distinction of the author, and who was at the same time a participant in the campaign he describes.
His tone is temperate, his criticisms of the various Federal officers and authorities whom he thinks blameworthy, are judicious and moderate, though in some cases, as in that of McClellan, they are, to say the least, generous; his spirit towards his foes, the rebels is generally fair, and he has evidently taken pains to consult the authorities on both sides.
The book is a pleasant contrast to the mass of misrepresentation
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 10. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), General Ewell Pennsylvania campaign.