General A.P. Hill: The Story of a Confederate Warrior

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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Aug 11, 2010 - Biography & Autobiography - 416 pages
A Confederate general who ranks with Lee, Jeb Stuart, and Stonewall Jackson but whose achievements have been unfairly neglected until now, finally receives his due in this invaluable biography by a noted historian of the Civil War. Drawing extensively on newly unearthed documents, this work provides a gripping battle-by-battle assessment of Hill's role in Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, and other battles. 8 pages of photographs.

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Section 1
43
Section 2
54
Section 3
55
Section 4
65
Section 5
72
Section 6
83
Section 7
106
Section 8
116
Section 12
157
Section 13
163
Section 14
175
Section 15
210
Section 16
237
Section 17
257
Section 18
269
Section 19

Section 9
120
Section 10
126
Section 11
151
Section 20
Section 21
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James I. Robertson, Jr., Alumni Distinguished Professor of History at Virginia Tech, is the recipient of the Bruce Catton Award and the Freeman-Nevins Award, as well as other honors for teaching and research in Civil War history. A native of Danville, Virginia, Robertson teaches the largest Civil War history call in the world and is the author/editor of many books and more than one hundred fifty articles on the Civil War period. Among his publications are The Stonewall Brigade, Civil War Sites in Virginia, and Tenting Tonight: The Soldier’s Story.

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