{"product_id":"9780684862446","title":"A Brotherhood Of Valor : The Common Soldiers Of The Stonewall Brigade C S A And The Iron Brigade U S A","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA Brotherhood Of Valor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Jeffry D. Wert\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis unusual and moving chronicle covers some of the most important battles of the Civil War -- Sharpsburg (Antietam), Gettysburg, and Chancellorsville -- through the stories of the two brigades who confronted each other on the bloody fields of battle. \u003cbr\u003e Drawing on original source material, Jeffry Wert reconstructs the drama and terrors of war through the eyes of the ordinary men who became members of two of the most respected fighting units of their respective armies, the Stonewall Brigade of the Confederacy and the Iron Brigade of the Union. There are tales of grueling marches and almost unbearable deprivations; eyewitness accounts of ferocious fighting and devastating losses on both sides; and portraits of acts of courage and valor performed by soldiers and officers who, despite the difficulties they faced, remained dedicated to the cause for which they were fighting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003eReid Mitchell \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Lively, informative...full of fresh detail...a page-turner. Wert is a fine scholar....Splendid.\u003cbr\u003eJames Polk \u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e Offers fresh details and a uniquely close focus....Offers indelible evidence of how war consumes its participants, no matter their training, dedication, or enthusiasm for the cause that made them fight.\u003cbr\u003eJames L. Pate \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Times\u003c\/i\u003e An intimate, unflinching portrait of some of the best fighting men of the war....A remarkable accounting of the price of valor.\u003cbr\u003eNoel Fisher \u003ci\u003eCivil War Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Leaves the reader with a profound sense of the soldiers' common experiences, of camp life, drill, the sometimes inexplicable demands of officers, hunger, exhaustion, fear, rage, comradeship, and above all combat, that transcended boundaries of North and South and bound these men together.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780684862446\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40883881574606,"sku":"9780684862446","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/O_95bfb2bc-736f-4c33-a26d-aa12d2abbc76.jpg?v=1644536037","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780684862446","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}