Peter Cozzens, Shenandoah 1862, Signed on Bookplate

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With Shenandoah 1862: Stonewall Jackson’s Valley Campaign, Peter Cozzens, long known as a historian of the Civil War in the West, turned his focus eastward to look at pivotal campaigns in the Shenandoah Valley.

In the spring of 1862, the Confederate high command tasked Stonewall Jackson with diverting critical Union resources from the Union drive on Richmond, a mission Jackson fulfilled by repeatedly defeating much larger enemy forces. His victories elevated him to near iconic status in both the North and the South and signaled a long war ahead. One of the most intriguing and storied episodes of the Civil War, the Valley Campaign has heretofore only been related from the Confederate point of view. With Shenandoah 1862, Peter Cozzens dramatically and conclusively corrects this shortcoming, giving equal attention to both Union and Confederate perspectives. Moving seamlessly between tactical details and analysis of strategic significance, Cozzens presents the first balanced, comprehensive account of a campaign that has long been romanticized but never fully understood.

Very good; dust jacket. Signed bookplate pasted in.

Cozzens, Peter. Shenandoah 1862: Stonewall Jackson’s Valley Campaign. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2008. Book club ed., 623p., illustrations, maps.