Saturday, September 30, 2006

Chancellorsville and Gettysburg by Abner Doubleday

Chancellorsville and Gettysburg by Abner Doubleday describes in a rather short book the two above-named campaigns.Doubleday who is perhaps best known as the suppose it creator of baseball [probably not as central as is usually claimed] does a ok job. The editor notes in the introduction that there are various errors and therefore the book is perhaps only useful as showing the arguments and recriminations in the Union command after the war.

If the editor had intcluded footnotes explaining the mistakes book would-be more useful.

Recommended only if you must have everything written on either of these battles.

Is available through Abebooks.

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