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By Colonel Lochlainn Seabrook422 pages
According to the typical pro-North history book, General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson was a humorless slave-owner, a mediocre Confederate general, and a traitor to the United States, who fought to preserve slavery and take over the U.S. government. Here in the South we know that nothing could be further from the truth. Actually Jackson was a fun-loving father and husband, a superb military officer, and a non-slave owning Unionist who detested slavery and joined the Confederate army to preserve the original Constitution. But you needn't take our word for it.
Popular award-winning Southern author Colonel Lochlainn Seabrook, a cousin of Jackson, has compiled over 500 footnoted quotes by the General, culminating in a one-of-a-kind work that refutes even his harshest critics. The Quotable Stonewall Jackson: Selections From the Writings and Speeches of the South's Most Famous General, profusely illustrated with rare photos and illustrations, covers all of the salient… Leer más