New stonewall book

[JTkentucky12th]

Hello all. Don't post a whole lot here. Recently finished reading "The Great Partnership" and am looking for some suggestions on works diving into Stonewalls life. Thanks for any suggestions!

 

[milhistbuff1]

Hello all. Don't post a whole lot here. Recently finished reading "The Great Partnership" and am looking for some suggestions on works diving into Stonewalls life. Thanks for any suggestions!

James I. Robertson's and Samuel C. Gwynne's bios would be a good start. Great Partnership's works cited should also have relevant material.

 

[Jamieva]

Robertson or Gwynne are the go toos. Take your pick. I am not sure you need to read both. If you want a book that follows the Stonewall Brigade, Robertson wrote one on them as well.

 

[Josh The Lighthouse Guy]

Besides the Robertson and Gwynne biographies (which I haven't read, but have good reputations) there is Shenandoah 1862 by Peter Cozzens which covers Stonewall in the Valley. It deconstructs a lot of the mythos surrounding Jackson's famous campaign there.

Hennessey's Return To Bull Run remains the best work on Second Manassas, of which Jackson played a key role. Herdegen's Opening Manassas recently came out, focused on Jackson's attack at Brawner's Farm to start the battle. I think there is supposed to be a new book in the works about Cedar Mountain.

Lively's Calamity at Chancellorsville and Mackowski's The Last Days of Stonewall Jackson give two different looks at Jackson's wounding and death.

There's Henry Kyd Douglas' memoir, I Rode with Stonewall, which will give you the perspective of one of his aides, although the book has been lampooned by some as "Stonewall Rode With Me."

 

[JTkentucky12th]

Besides the Robertson and Gwynne biographies (which I haven't read, but have good reputations) there is Shenandoah 1862 by Peter Cozzens which covers Stonewall in the Valley. It deconstructs a lot of the mythos surrounding Jackson's famous campaign there.

Hennessey's Return To Bull Run remains the best work on Second Manassas, of which Jackson played a key role. Herdegen's Opening Manassas recently came out, focused on Jackson's attack at Brawner's Farm to start the battle. I think there is supposed to be a new book in the works about Cedar Mountain.

Lively's Calamity at Chancellorsville and Mackowski's The Last Days of Stonewall Jackson give two different looks at Jackson's wounding and death.

There's Henry Kyd Douglas' memoir, I Rode with Stonewall, which will give you the perspective of one of his aides, although the book has been lampooned by some as "Stonewall Rode With Me."

Thank you!

 

[Belfoured]

Besides the Robertson and Gwynne biographies (which I haven't read, but have good reputations) there is Shenandoah 1862 by Peter Cozzens which covers Stonewall in the Valley. It deconstructs a lot of the mythos surrounding Jackson's famous campaign there.

Hennessey's Return To Bull Run remains the best work on Second Manassas, of which Jackson played a key role. Herdegen's Opening Manassas recently came out, focused on Jackson's attack at Brawner's Farm to start the battle. I think there is supposed to be a new book in the works about Cedar Mountain.

Lively's Calamity at Chancellorsville and Mackowski's The Last Days of Stonewall Jackson give two different looks at Jackson's wounding and death.

There's Henry Kyd Douglas' memoir, I Rode with Stonewall, which will give you the perspective of one of his aides, although the book has been lampooned by some as "Stonewall Rode With Me."

Agree on Cozzens. Unlike Tanner, he actually accessed Federal sources as well and presents a more balanced, objective assessment of the Campaign.

 

[milhistbuff1]

Cozzens' S 62 is on my tbr, really need to get to that in early '26…