{"product_id":"commanding-voices-of-blue-brian-m-thomsen-9780765306074","title":"Commanding Voices of Blue \u0026 Gray: General William T. Sherman, General George Custer, General James Longstreet, and Major J. S. Mosby, Among Others in","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe agony and anguish of the War Between the States affected all aspects of American life. Many quarters suffered, but one in particular seemed to prosper in the postwar aftermath: the publishing industry. Though the success of \u003ci\u003ePersonal Memoirs by Ulysses S. Grant\u003c\/i\u003e (as published by Mark Twain) is a clear milestone in publishing's history of bestsellers, it was only one of many highly successful Civil War memoirs penned and published by veterans in the postwar years. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNever before in America had such a plethora of eyewitness accounts of a war existed, nor so many by those in a position of command. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on the best of these accounts, most of them long out of print, \u003ci\u003e Commanding Voices of Blue \u0026amp; Gray \u003c\/i\u003epresents in a single volume the personal words of these leaders and provides an overview of the command experience in the Civil War. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSelections include: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGeneral William Tecumseh Sherman on his infamous march through Georgia \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGeneral George B. McClellan on the battle of Antietam and the legendary lost order that should have tipped him off to Lee's plans \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGeneral George Armstrong Custer's experience of going straight from studying at West Point to the Battlefield \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGeneral (CSA) James Longstreet on serving under Robert E. Lee \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGeneral (CSA) G. Moxley Sorrel on serving under General James Longstreet \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMajor (CSA) J. S. Mosby on the South's guerrilla campaign \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGeneral (CSA) Jubal Early's memoir of the last year of the war\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brian M. Thomsen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0765306077\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780765306074\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 381\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 5.70w x 1.00d","brand":"Brian M. Thomsen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44966109184255,"sku":"9780765306074","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d15b41c3-906d-4963-b57d-706fd1f5c61c.jpg?v=1711158887","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/commanding-voices-of-blue-brian-m-thomsen-9780765306074","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}