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"This is not just another military biography. . . . This remarkable
book will prove impossible to ignore. Based on a large collection of superb
family letters and a wide array of other priamry sources, Peter S. Carmichael's
portrait of William R. J. Pegram offers a mixture of excellent narrative,
revealing anecdotes, and precise accounts of battles and campaigns, all
accomplished with the sophistication of the best of the new military history--a
growing genre that places fighting soldiers squarely in the midst of their
social, intellectual, and political environments."
--Journal of American History
"The author's prose has the spirit to pull the reader
into the life of a young officer who believed passionately
in the justice of his cause. For those of us who live in a
time when 'duty' and 'honor' are words without meaning to
many, Pegram's example from another day is refreshingly
reassuring."
--H-Net Book Review
"Carmichael has written a first rate biography of one of
the South's finest. He challenges those Civil War historians
who conclude that a weakened belief in slavery and loss of
will and morale contributed to the defeat of the
Confederacy."
--Civil War News
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