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A 7 page paper which examines the scope of the work, analyzes the author’s treatment of his subject (accuracy, logic, balance), and offers a personal opinion about the book’s relevance and whether or not it can be regarded as recommended reading. No additional sources are used.
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assess occurrences several years afterwards based on the descriptions of others and evaluated in terms of factual validity. Few of the actual participants of The Civil War either lived
or elected to tell the tale of those tumultuous years when combat pitted brother against brother. Henry Kyd Douglas (1840-1903) was a rare and notable exception, and his memoir,
I Rode with Stonewall (401 pp., first published in 1940 by the University of North Carolina Press), contains personal reminiscences of the legendary Confederate general, Thomas Jonathan Jackson (1824-1863), and
much more. I. Scope of the Book Douglas had the rare distinction of being at the right place at the right time, and could therefore lend first-person insights
into the most significant events in mid-nineteenth century American history, from John Browns infamous raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859, through much of the Civil War (from 1861 until February
of 1865) and the hanging of Mrs. Mary Surratt and other purported accomplices convicted of the alleged conspiracy to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln. Douglas was clear about what the
scope of his text is not: "This book is not a biography nor a history; neither is it a challenge to the military critic... It is not my intention
nor is it within the scope of this book to give a detailed report of the battle of Bull Run or any other battle to be mentioned. In fact, as
the orderly sergeant of a company at Manassas, my personal experience and observation were very limited" (vii, 9). What the author is simply attempting to convey was what the
Civil War was like for a young man who lived and fought in it, from the admittedly limited vantage point of human experience. It was not Douglas intent to
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