TY - JOUR
AU - Cullen, Jim
AB - 232 The Journal of American History June 2000 The Black Civil Wilr Soldiers ofIllinois is, in Crook only temporarily disrupted the Virginia general, a volume that provides interesting and Tennessee, and Averell failed against hast­ and useful information yet lacks a persuasive ily assembled forces at Saltville and Wytheville. thesis about the role of African American reg­ Sigel, of course, was disgraced at New Market, iments in the Civil War. but even after his defeat, Lee had to pull the victorious troops to Richmond, letting Hunter, Frank R. Levstik Sigel's replacement, advance to Lynchburg with Kentucky Departmentfor only harassing opposition. But Lynchburg was Libraries and Archives 140 miles from Hunter's base, and Union sol­ Frankfort, Kentucky diers trying to live off the land found provi­ sions scarce. Low on ammunition and nerve, Lee's Endangered Left: The Civil Wilr in western Hunter was bluffed away from Lynchburg as Virginia, Spring of 1864. By Richard R. Dun­ Lee, once again, used interior rail lines to move can. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University troops, this time Early's corps, to confront Press, 1998. xviii, 346 pp. $29.95, ISBN 0­ him. Escaping into West Virginia, Hunter left 8071-2291-2.) the valley open for Early's advance 
TI - General George E. Pickett in Life & Legend. By Lesley J. Gordon. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1998. xii, 269 pp. $29.95, ISBN 0-8078-2450-X.)
JO - The Journal of American History
DO - 10.2307/2567978
DA - 2000-06-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/general-george-e-pickett-in-life-legend-by-lesley-j-gordon-chapel-hill-4aab05F3oT
SP - 232
EP - 233
VL - 87
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
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