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May 29, 2008
Great Read
I first want to say that I have just within the last ten minutes finished this book and I wanted my fresh impressions put to print, here goes...
"Hell's Broke Loose in Georgia Survival in a Civil War Regiment" by Scott Walker, 2005, University of Georgia Press. 310 pages, illustrated, maps and pictures.
I am proud and happy to have a signed hardback copy of this work. It could be best described by the author by how much he felt about the men he was writing about when he wrote on the last page "I promised myself that I would place a copy of this book in a small wooden box and bury it at the foot of Robert Braswell's grave [Private, 57th GA, CSA]. In so doing, I simply want to say that his great-great-grandson has not forgotten the sacifice that he made to help the United States evolve into a great and wonderful nation. And I will wrap the wooden box in an American flag with fifty stars, a symbol of that new nation."
"Interest"
This is a history of the 57th Ga. told through letters and diaries and a detailed and researched history carefully worded and structured to keep the reader very interested. It was slow reading at first until about page 70 with the start of the Battle of Baker's Creek (Champion's Hill). The following is a list of the war's events that impressed me with it's detail and coverage of military actions.
Kentucky Campaign
Battle of Champion's Hill*
Battle of Vicksburg
Atlanta Campaign
Battle of Peachtree Creek*
Battle of Atlanta
Battle of Jonesboro*
Hood's Tennessee Campaign
Hood's Retreat from Tennessee*
Battle of Bentonville*
*These had great interest to me in enlightning me on events new or enhanced information.
"Negatives"
Slow. The book didn't seem to be all that different or exciting than any other Civil War history you would find in magazines or reference material for the first one third of the book. The only real mistake I found was several references to Enterprise, Alabama as the rendevous point for paroled Vicksburg Confederates. My experience has taught me it was Enterprise, Mississippi.
"Positives"
Once you get past the "slow" parts it picks up momentum like Sherman through Georgia. My favorite parts being Chapter #19 Kennesaw Mountain through the last Chapter #30 "Coming Home".
"Impression"
I came away from this book with a great appreciation for these men and what they suffered and a new knowledge of military events. There is a couple of pages in the last Chapter dedicated to a post war court trail of an ex-Confederate Irishman and the jury of his peers, men who served with him in the war. It is really interesting to read the actual court transcripts of his speech. Great book.
Jan 25, 2010
Love this...
I loved the movie and its soundtrack.I have run a laser through this disc:) Each trac conjures up the scene for which it was written. A stirring and unforgetable piece of music mastery.
May 11, 2010
Gods and Generals
Although a bit slow moving, for those of us who have studied the Civil War and love such things as this, it is really a very dramatic and stirring tale.Stephen Lang turns it a great performance as Stonewall jackson and humanizes this unknowable character from our history. A great suporting cast and locations make this a riveting picture. Don't forget to watch the special features:)