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Darkness at Chancellorsville: A Novel of Stonewall Jackson's Triumph and Tragedy
Darkness at Chancellorsville A Novel of Stonewall Jackson's Triumph and Tragedy Author:Ralph Peters Ralph Peters' Darkness at Chancellorsville is a novel of one of the most dramatic battles in American history. — Centered upon one of the most surprising and dramatic battles in American history, Darkness at Chancellorsville recreates what began as a brilliant, triumphant campaign for the Unionâonly to end in dis... more »aster for the North. Famed Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson bring off an against-all-odds surprise victory, humiliating a Yankee force three times the size of their own, while the Northern army is torn by rivalries, anti-immigrant prejudice and selfish ambition.
This historically accurate epic captures the high drama, human complexity and existential threat that nearly tore the United States in two, featuring a broad range of fascinating -- and real -- characters, in blue and gray, who sum to an untold story about a battle that has attained mythic proportions. And, in the end, the Confederate triumph proved a Pyrrhic victory, since it lured Lee to embark on what would become the war's turning point -- the Gettysburg Campaign (featured in Cain At Gettysburg).« less