GENERAL A.P.HILL(ISBN=9780679738886)

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 battl

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.

kcknowledgments
1.  Stormy Road to Manhood
2.  Love Affairs and War Clouds
3.  The General Emerges
4.  Williamsburg and a New Hero
5.  The Light Division's First Attack
6.  Forging a Reputation on the Penimula
7.  Hill's Victory at Cedar Mountain
8.  Fighting Pope--and Jackson
9. Antietam Creek: "A. P. Hill Came Up"
10.  Near-Disaster at Fredericksburg
11.  "This Slumbering Volcano"
12.  Crossroads at Chancellorsville
13.  Gettysburg: The First Day
14.  Bystander to Defeat
15. Ebb Tide at Bristoe Station
16.  Pleasant Family Diversions
17.  Wilderness and Sickness
18.  North Anna to Petersburg
19.  The Besieged Strike Back
20. "He Is Now at Rest"
21. Epilogue
Notes
Works Cited
Index