As in his other book "Conquering the Valley”, the author utilizes numerous first-hand accounts from the soldiers involved. The story is well told and very engaging and although the author shows a slight Southern bias in some of his statements it in no way interferes with the actual combat narrative. The Appendixes (7 in total) cover such topics as “The Military Aftermath”, "Organization of Contending Armies", "Casualties", “Cedar Mountain Battlefield, 1862-1865” and “The Battlefield since the War", along with a few other subjects. There are a number of black and white photographs taken of the battlefield and surrounding area dating from 1910 to 1989. The maps (16 in total) are basic but workable for the story although I probably would have enjoyed more detailed maps. Of the sixteen chapters making up the narrative, nearly every chapter has a basic map outlining the movements covered in that chapter. The book is 472 pages in length of which 356 pages cover the campaign narrative the rest of the book is appendices, notes and index. It seems it has taken me twenty-two years to finally getting around to reading it and I found that it was just as good, entertaining and as interesting as his other book. Having first read Robert Krick’s book "Conquering the Valley: Stonewall Jackson at Port Republic” in 1998 and quite enjoying it I then ordered his other book covering the 1862 Shenandoah valley campaign "Stonewall Jackson at Cedar Mountain".
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