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The acclaimed sequel to The Long Roll vividly dramatizes the final years of the Civil War A Confederate artilleryman from Virginia, Richard Cleave was in Chancellorsville when Stonewall Jackson lost an arm - and eventually his life - to a bullet fired by one of his own men. Now, Cleave is on hand for the long and devastating siege of Vicksburg, a major turning point in the war. When Lee loses his confrontation with Grant at Gettysburg and the Army of Northern Virginia begins its tortuous show more retreat south, all appears lost for the Confederacy. But there is still fighting and dying in store for the men on the road to Appomattox: The bloody fields of Chickamauga, the Wilderness, and Spotsylvania await Cleave and his compatriots in gray. Based in part on actual Civil War memoirs and transcripts, including those of the author's illustrious cousin, Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston, Cease Firing endures as one of the most realistic and moving novels ever written about the War Between the States. show lessTags
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Makes you feel like you were in the civil war. Interesting side stories, but need to read the Long Roll first. Book is a bit monotonous. Glad I got through it, ready for a lighter novel.
This book is a historical fiction work, a sequel to The Long Roll (1911). It has wonderful illustrations by N.C. Wyeth. Mary Johnston is a descendent of Confederate general Joseph Johnston, so the book is written from the Southern point of view. The battle descriptions are excellent and there are several subplots involving characters from the first book. This book was very popular in its time and well worth finding at used book stores. Margaret Mitchell, author of Gone With the Wind, was reticent of publishing her book because this book had been so popular and she thought the topic was exhausted.
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- Original publication date
- 1912
- Important events
- American Civil War (1861 | 1865)
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- 72
- Popularity
- 435,226
- Reviews
- 2
- Rating
- (3.38)
- Languages
- English, Russian
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 18
- ASINs
- 7
