Description:
A detailed biography of Confederate General Richard Stoddert Ewell, who succeeded Stonewall Jackson and led the Second Corps at Gettysburg, the Wilderness, and Spotsylvania. Ewell's life before and after the Civil War is also covered.
Brief description:
Donald C. Pfanz is a Civil War historian and author of Abraham Lincoln at City Point and War So Terrible: A Popular History of the Battle of Fredericksburg.
Review Quotes:
"The absence of a detailed, scholarly study of Ewell has been one of the least explicable gaps in the annals of Confederate historiography. Donald C. Pfanz's work covers that lacuna so thoroughly that it is hard to imagine another serious Ewell biography anytime soon. . . . A superb biography of a fascinating man. The combination of dogged research, splendid prose, and an important topic ensure Ewell a place on any shelf of leading books about the Army of Northern Virginia." -- Journal of Southern History