I Rode With Stonewall Author:Henry Kyd Douglas These lively war experiences of the youngest member of Stonewall Jackson's staff were written during and shortly after the Civil War. They were not discovered, however, until many years later, and their first publication in 1940 brought an accolade of critical attention. — I RODE WITH STONEWLL is a frank, unvarnished account of the war, without ... more »partisan bile and the romantic nonsense of the novelist; and while it is warmly opinionated it is scrupulously honest.
"The Illustrated London News" hailed it as "one of the best war books ever written," and "The New york Times" said it "is destined to become a classic."
It is a mine of information about the immortal Confederate general, and the testament of a man who lived to the full and was able to convey his zest for living both in war and peace.« less