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Albert Sidney Johnston: Soldier of Three Republics 2nd Revised ed. Edition
Author(s): Charles Roland (Author)
- Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky
- Publication Date: 11 Jan. 2001
- Edition: 2nd Revised ed.
- Language: English
- Print length: 408 pages
- ISBN-10: 0813190002
- ISBN-13: 9780813190006
Book Description
Selected as one of the best one hundred books ever written on the Civil War by Civil War Times Illustrated and by Civil War: The Magazine of the Civil War Society
With a new foreword by Gary W. Gallagher, Albert Sidney Johnston is the only full-scale biography of the Confederacy’s top-ranking field general during the opening campaigns of the Civil War.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“A biography of the Kentucky native who might have been mentioned in the same breath as Robert E. Lee had Johnston not died while commanding Confederate troops at the battle of Shiloh in 1862, only a year after the war started.” — Lexington Herald-Leader
“A masterly biography of a man cast in the heroic mold.” — Journal of American History
“A valuable biography of this outstanding officer.” — NYMAS Newsletter
“Johnston’s early years, military career, and encounters with Indians, Mormons, and Union soldiers are the focus of this ‘masterly’ study.” — Civil War Book Review
“Must reading for Civil War buffs and readers of military history.” — McCormick (SC) Messenger
“The classic treatment of Johnston.” — American Historical Review
“The view of army life and the terrible decisions that many southern officers had to make at the beginning will provide an excellent background for further understanding the Civil War.” — Paper Wars
“Those readers interested in biographical works on the Civil War’s leaders would do well to have a copy…. No portion of Johnston’s life, from his military and personal affairs, his financial failures and military successes, is left uncovered. ” — ACW Gaming and Reading Blog
