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"Frank Vandiver's detailed research ... provide[s] a vivid description of Stonewall's boyhood, West Point training, early career, years of teaching at the Virginia Military Institute, and Civil War campaigns. The author also gives us deep insight into Jackson's personal life and religious feelings, which were so influential on his military thought and actions"--Jacket.

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Frank E. Vandiver was Distinguished University Professor, President Emeritus of Texas A&M University, and Director of the Mosher Institute for Defense Studies.

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Stonewall Jackson
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American Civil War (1861 | 1865)

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History, Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, General Nonfiction
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973.7History & geographyHistory of North AmericaUnited StatesCivil War Era (1857-1865)
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E467.1 .J15 .V3History of the United StatesUnited StatesCivil War period, 1861-1865The Civil War, 1861-1865
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