Jeffry D. Wert, Author . Simon & Schuster $35 (576p) ISBN 978-0-7432-2506-9
A Civil War historian distinguished for biographies of Longstreet and Custer, and for several campaign histories, now offers this excellent overview of the Army of the Potomac. Charged with the defense of Washington, D.C.—and therefore under...
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Jeffry D. Wert, Author . Simon & Schuster $32 (496p) ISBN 978-0-7432-7819-5
Wert (The Sword of Lincoln
) adds to his status as a top-ranking Civil War scholar in this excellent biography of the Confederacy’s best-known cavalry general. Jeb Stuart’s reputation has faded somewhat in recent years, particularly for...
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Jeffry D. Wert, Author Simon & Schuster $27 (0p) ISBN 978-0-671-70921-1
This is the most comprehensive military biography to date of the man Robert E. Lee called ``my war horse.'' Wert ( Mosby's Rangers ) makes a strong case for James Longstreet (1821-1904) as the best corps commander on either side of the Civil War. A...
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Jeffry D. Wert, Author Simon & Schuster $27 (0p) ISBN 978-0-684-81043-0
Like a cavalry charge led by its celebrated subject, fast on the heels of Louise Barnett's Touched by Fire (Forecasts, Apr. 15) comes a second, even finer Custer bio from Wert (General James Longstreet) based on a broad spectrum of archival research
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Jeffry D. Wert, Author Simon & Schuster $25 (416p) ISBN 978-0-684-82435-2
It's Wert's good fortune--and ours--that the two most interesting Confederate and Union units left such wonderful paper trails. Wert (Custer, etc.) takes full advantage of this and delivers a first-rate book about the two most renowned infantry...
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