Böcker av Ethan S. Rafuse

This volume is the essential guide to the Manassas battlefields, site of two of the Civil War's critical campaigns. Ethan S. Rafuse provides a clearly organised, thorough and uniquely insightful account of both campaigns, along with expert analysis and precise directions for armchair traveller and battlefield visitor alike.

';An important book that rescues George B. McClellan's military reputation.' Chronicles Bold, brash, and full of ambition, George Brinton McClellan seemed destined for greatness when he assumed command of all the Union armies before he was 35. It was not to be. Ultimately deemed a failure on the battlefield by Abraham Lincoln, he was finally dismissed from command following the bloody battle of Antietam. To better understand this fascinating, however flawed, character, Ethan S. Rafuse considers the broad and complicated political climate of the earlier 19th Century. Rather than blaming McClellan for the Union's military losses, Rafuse attempts to understand his political thinking as it affected his wartime strategy. As a result, Rafuse sheds light not only on McClellan's conduct on the battlefields of 1861-62 but also on United States politics and culture in the years leading up to the Civil War. ';Any historian seriously interested in the period will come away from the book with useful material and a better understanding of George B. McClellan.' Journal of Southern History ';Exhaustively researched and lucidly written, Rafuse has done an excellent job in giving us a different perspective on ';Little Mac.'' Civil War History ';Rafuse's thoughtful study of Little Mac shows just how enthralling this complex and flawed individual continues to be.' Blue & Gray magazine

A thorough and effectively executed study, this biography will appeal to anyone interested in Stonewall Jackson and the military history of the Civil War.

A guide to the sites in Maryland and West Virginia associated with the Antietam campaign, including excursions to Harpers Ferry and South Mountain. Thorough descriptions and analyses, augmented with vignettes and numerous maps, it conveys the mechanics as well as the human experience of the campaign.

More than 800 men lost their lives and 2,700 were wounded. Confederate General Thomas J Jackson earned his legendary nickname Stonewall here.