Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson Paperback – 6 Oct. 2015

A very well written account of one of the South’s greatest generals. How would the South have fared had he lived on…? If you are interested in the civil war, this is a must.

What a great book. It is a brilliant study of an extraordinary individual. A brilliant tactical general, complex, flawed and loved by his men. Feared by his enemies and the mere rumour that he was in the vicinity put his opposing general on the backfoot. Jackson and Lee were an unbeatable combination until Jackson's death after which the Confederate cause was never the same. S.C.Gwynne captures the time and the tempo perfectly, and his writing makes this one of the best history books you will ever read.

This is a well written and very balanced review of Jackson's life and Civil War campaigns. It is an easy read, yet is clearly well researched and detailed where it has to be. Gwynne's descriptions of the Shenandoah Valley and later campaigns are first rate. His understanding and presentation of troop movements are excellent and his writing style is very straightforward. He paints a sympathetic portrait of a brilliant tactician but never falls into hagiography. I learned a lot about both Jackson and the tactics of the South's war effort which I hadn't read before. Don't be put off by the book's length - I polished it off very quickly because it is impossible not to be swept along by the quality of the writing and by the story being told.

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An eccentric military genius with a fiery passion for battle. Many would be surprised that a pious Christian like Stonewall Jackson would take to war like a duck to water. This book was an excellent read and throughly researched.

The most gripping book I've read for a long time, the quirky, enigmatic 'Stonewall' was amazing, his faith unbreakable and his military genius undisputed. Amazing detail and an eye opener on my preconceptions of the south v north issues, life is never just black and white.

Excellent reappraisal of this gifted but strange warrior, puts in perspective, much of US history and its contradictions which have persisted in the 150 years since the Civil War.

Love this book was already a fan of Thomas Jackson but after reading this to realise how of a great military leader and person he was

I have read many books on Jackson and I just have to say this book is so so so good! I never wanted it to end. I found in this book information others left out in other Stonewall Jackson books.It was a great read! I highly recommend.

Outstanding what the human body can endure..... we have no concept of what those man went through in order for us the live the way we do.Every highschool in America should teach this book in hopes that the future generations will respect what was done for them.

Ich habe selten so ein gutes Buch gelesen. Die Wandelung des "merkwürdigen" Professors Jackson zu Gen. Stonewall Jackson und seine unglaublichen Leistungen im Civil War werden hervorragend und spannend beschrieben. Dabei orientiert sich der Autor stets an Fakten, die durch unzählige Quellenangaben unterlegt sind. Wüsste ich nicht, dass in diesem Buch wahre Begebenheiten beschrieben werden, fiele es mir oftmals schwer zu glauben, was Jackson und seine Soldaten damals geleistet und erlitten haben und welche Genialität Jackson trotz seines zuweilen sehr merkwürdigen Charakters in sich trug.Daher volle 5 Sterne.

This is a marvelous book that seeks to understand this complicated person, not as an "oddity" (as some have done), and not as a "miracle worker", (as also happens), but as a product of his upbringing, religious faith, successes, and failures to understand what made him the Confederate General (and hero to many) that he became.This is a wonderful book, and I highly recommend it.

This book is a great read. It is the best representation of the life of Stonewall Jackson I have read. You really get to know the man behind the man and what made him tick as a soldier and a man. I highly recommend reading this book.