Captains of the Civil War: A Chronicle of the Blue and the Gray, by William Wood
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William Wood was a 20th century American writer who wrote a bunch of works about American history, including titles on the Civil War and the Indian Wars. In 1921, William Wood released Captains of the Civil War: A Chronicle of the Blue and the Gray as part of the Chronicle of America series. As Wood notes, his book corresponded with the 60th anniversary of the war, and though the Civil War involved politics, Wood only wanted to cover the military aspect of the war. Separating the military aspects of the war from the civilian and political causes was a common practice among historians in the early 20th century, as the country underwent sectional reconciliation between North and South by glossing over divisive issues like slavery.
Captains of the Civil War: A Chronicle of the Blue and the Gray, by William Wood- Amazon Sales Rank: #8417943 in Books
- Published on: 2015-11-27
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x .37" w x 6.00" l,
- Binding: Paperback
- 160 pages
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful. Captains of the Civil War, Free Kindle Version By Richard Berkheiser First off, I really enjoyed this free Kindle edition and I think this is a marvelous perk that Amazon is offering to their loyal patrons. :-)I found a few minor typos but those may have been in the original work. Where there were supposed to be illustrations and pictures, they were excluded. That wasn't a big deal since I'm a Civil War buff, I knew who and what the author was referring to. The book, itself, was a fairly easy read and a good one for introducing someone new to the Civil War. A great overview of the people who fought the battles such as U. S. Grant, Farragut, Stonewall Jackson, etc.The e-book also includes a workable index, which makes it a valuable research tool.The style in which the book was written lead me to believe this was originally a lecture series, for the author kept saying, "we shall return to so and so later on," or "we now resume with so and so". Language normally reserved for speeches and lectures, and not in written book form.I highly recommend this book to anyone who wishes to read it. I gave it 4 stars.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful. Ax to grind? By S. A. Haugh I would like to echo what the first reviewer said- "First off, I really enjoyed this free Kindle edition and I think this is a marvelous perk that Amazon is offering to their loyal patrons. :-)"I think this is a wonderful thing Amazon has and is doing by allowing us to pickup/download these nuggets of written history at such a low cost, in many case free. Thank you.Now, concerning this book, for the most part he has his facts correct and in correct order, but I am of the opinion that he must have an ax to grind with General James Longstreet or he just used Jubal Early's writing as his reference. This book was (I believe) written in 1921.There are many places were he leads one to believe that Gen. Longstreet is an incompetent General that thinks only of himself and is a large reason the Confederates lost the war. B as in B and S as in S.He must have based much of the Gen. Longstreet info on Gen. Jubal Early's writing on Gen. Longstreet. Of course that writing came after R.E. Lee's death and after Longstreet had embraced the new union and had even started working for the new administration (Grant). Early blamed Longstreet for the loss at Gettysburg, again, only after Lee's death when Lee could not call Early on his facts, which were HOGWASH.This writer goes even farther and says, after the Fredericksburg battle but prior to Chancellorsville -"...Longstreet cheerfully marched off, pleased with his new command, to see what he could do to soothe the Government by winning laurels for himself at Suffolk. On the seventeenth, just two weeks before the supreme test came on Lee's weakened army at Chancellorsville" SAY WHAT? One would think if one is ordered to do something, one does it. Gen. Longstreet in no way "cheerfully marched off, pleased with his new command, to see what he could do to soothe the Government by winning laurels for himself at Suffolk". This also is HOGWASH.The writer tries to blame Gen. Longstreet for Gettysburg, using the same (inaccurate) lines as Jubal Early does, again ONLY YEARS AFTER the facts and tries to rewrite history.He get is fact wrong, the writer states Gen. Longstreet "then, after wasting enough time for this to be done, Longstreet attacked and was repulsed; though his men fought very well. Meanwhile Ewell, whose attack against the right was to synchronize with Longstreet's left, was delayed by Longstreet till the afternoon, when he carried Culp's Hill. This was the only Confederate success".SAY WHAT? If Ewell carried Culps Hill, R.E. Lee would have had his cannons up there so fast Meade's head would still be spinning around! Ewell never took Culp's Hill, never took Cemetery Hill. The Confederate army never took the high ground on any part of the fish-hook.I think the author has done an injustice to Gen. Longstreet.Again, for the most part, this book has the correct dates and facts, but with some very large gaffs, rumors and some just plain made up stories are past on as accurate.I think it is good, but it could be better had the facts been better researched.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Not a bad review of the Civil War and the price is right By Scrapple8 'Captains of the Civil War: A Chronicle of the Blue and the Gray' by William Wood is the thirty-first volume in the fifty-volume Chronicles of America series edited by Allen Johnson. The book is the fourth of six volumes in the series under the theme 'The Storm of Secession.' This volume tells the story of the Civil War, with a focus on the leading generals and political figures of the crisis.This chronicle is a good review of the Civil War, focusing on the battles and the leaders of both the Union and the Confederacy. There are only three maps in the Chronicle; they are not available in all free versions of this book, and they are difficult to read even if they are available. If you have already gone through the process of figuring out the locations of various battles and military maneuvers from another source, you can probably follow the narrative of this book. Alternatively, you can use Civil War maps from another source to follow the campaigns listed here.One annoying aspect of this e-book is that the page numbers are embedded within the text. A reader will thus have the incomparable thrill of reading the following quote from Bobby Lee: 'I fear the liberties of our country will be buried in Page 11 the tomb of a great nation.' The following quote from George Thomas is also delivered with inimitable lack of aplomb: 'Attention, Page 126 Creation! By kingdoms, right wheel!' Then we knew you had us."The page numbers are less of an irritation in the free Amazon Kindle version of the book, because they appear in smaller and lighter print. The Amazon version of the book has more typos, and it does not include the photographs available in the e-book from Project Gutenberg. Project Gutenberg recently corrected some of the typos (because I reported the errors to them). You can get a Kindle version of the book from Project Gutenberg with the pictures and without the typos. The Kindle version from Project Gutenberg omits the page numbers.The original page numbers of the paper book do serve a purpose. The index at the end of the book did not have to be changed for the e-book presentation. The index works. Just remember that the page numbers were at the top of each page. For example, the index for Pleasant Hill indicates page 330. If you click on the link, you will find the battle of Pleasant Hill discussed somewhere below the location of the hyperlink.
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