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Editor’s Note: This Savas Beatie author interview originally appeared at the Savas Beatie web site and appears at TOCWOC with written permission.  This interview may not be reproduced without the express written content of Savas Beatie.  For more details on this and other fine Savas Beatie books, please email the publisher at  sales@savasbeatie.com. An Interview with Bloody Autumn authors Daniel T. Davis and […]

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Drew Wagenhoffer’s review of the paperback version of The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864 yesterday led me to go back and read my own multi part summary of the *other* Gary Gallagher produced 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign book Struggle for the Shenandoah , including a review and a bibliography of the campaign.  Before Gallagher was […]

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Struggle for the Shenandoah: Essays on the 1864 Valley Campaign edited by Gary Gallagher I managed to finish the book earlier this week, but I haven’t had time to talk about the final essay and the bibliographic note until now. “I Resolved to Play a Bold Game”: John S. Mosby as a Factor in the […]

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One thing I completely forgot about when reading Struggle for the Shenandoah: Essays on the 1864 Valley Campaign (edited by Gary Gallagher) was the usual “Bibliographic Note” at the end of each volume. In these areas, Gallagher and his fellow essayists choose the books most pertinent to the campaign they have just covered. These lists […]

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