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Not much about Early. Title very misleading.

Revisado: 05-03-21

This book is maybe 20% about Early and 80% a general narrative of the war in the East and that’s being generous. It seems like the Author(s) were originally trying to write a short history of the civil war in the east, ran out of time or gave up on it and in an attempt to salvage what they’d already done went back and threw some pages about Early into it and gave it a new title. They basically tell a general story of a battle and might throw in a minute or so of Early’s report at the end.

For example: there is over an hour on Gettysburg and within that maybe 5 minutes on Early if that. You hear a lot about the 20th Maine on little round top, pickets charge, Hancock, etc. but it doesn’t even mention Early’s attack on July 2nd -at all- as if it never happened, the title subject of the book is not important to the book. There is more time dedicated to What Longstreet and Stuart were doing during the Gettysburg campaign than there was given to Early’s entire valley campaign. In fact maybe only 5 minutes about Early’s entire valley campaign exists where he apparently was guarding against Sherman?!?

The book basically gives you a little about Early in the beginning, a little at the end that’s interesting but the core of the book is a general narrative of the campaigns in the east through Gettysburg with a few short excerpts from Early thrown in here and there occasionally.

If you want a refresher on the war in the east 61-63 it’s okay, but if you’re hoping for a book about Early or the lost cause movement as the title suggests you’ll be very disappointed.

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