{"product_id":"commanding-voices-of-blue-gray-general-william-t-sherman-general-george-custer-general-james-longstreet-and-major-j-s-mosby-among-others-in-paperback","title":"Commanding Voices of Blue \u0026 Gray: General William T. Sherman, General George Custer, General James Longstreet, and Major J. S. Mosby, Among Others in - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrian M. Thomsen\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe agony and anguish of the War Between the States affected all aspects of American life. Many quarters suffered, but one in particular seemed to prosper in the postwar aftermath: the publishing industry. Though the success of \u003ci\u003ePersonal Memoirs by Ulysses S. Grant\u003c\/i\u003e (as published by Mark Twain) is a clear milestone in publishing's history of bestsellers, it was only one of many highly successful Civil War memoirs penned and published by veterans in the postwar years. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNever before in America had such a plethora of eyewitness accounts of a war existed, nor so many by those in a position of command. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on the best of these accounts, most of them long out of print, \u003ci\u003e Commanding Voices of Blue \u0026amp; Gray \u003c\/i\u003epresents in a single volume the personal words of these leaders and provides an overview of the command experience in the Civil War. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSelections include: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGeneral William Tecumseh Sherman on his infamous march through Georgia \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGeneral George B. McClellan on the battle of Antietam and the legendary lost order that should have tipped him off to Lee's plans \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGeneral George Armstrong Custer's experience of going straight from studying at West Point to the Battlefield \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGeneral (CSA) James Longstreet on serving under Robert E. Lee \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGeneral (CSA) G. Moxley Sorrel on serving under General James Longstreet \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMajor (CSA) J. S. Mosby on the South's guerrilla campaign \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGeneral (CSA) Jubal Early's memoir of the last year of the war\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrian M. Thomsen\u003c\/b\u003e is a Tor Consulting editor who dropped out of pursuing a Ph.D. in English in favor of a career in publishing. He was one of the founding editors of Warner\/Popular Library's Questar Science Fiction \u0026amp; Fantasy line, and the editor of C.J.Cherryh's Hugo Award winning novel \u003ci\u003eCyteen\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also been a Hugo nominee, has served as a World Fantasy Award judge, and is the author of two novels and numerous short stories for such publishers as Tor, Daw, Ace, TSR, and others. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe was born in the borough of Brooklyn where he currently resides with his wife, Donna, and two talented cats named Sparky and Minx.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 381\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47475536298162,"sku":"9780765306074","price":21.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/625b8cce2ca802d37cbea28618c9a70e.webp?v=1779170036","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/commanding-voices-of-blue-gray-general-william-t-sherman-general-george-custer-general-james-longstreet-and-major-j-s-mosby-among-others-in-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}