War years with Jeb Stuart
By: by W.W. Blackford.
Edition: Louisiana Paperback ed.
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Baton Rouge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
Subjects: Stuart, Jeb, 1833-1864.; Blackford, W. W. 1831-1905.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate.
Description: Blackford started out as one of General Stuart's staff and then was detailed to the ANV Engineer Corps. He's acerbic, opinionated and occasionally thick-headed (as when he fails to notice, during the retreat to Appomattox, that anything is wrong). He gives a good description of the Battle of First Manassas and accounts of several other battles and campaigns, including Gettysburg. Although Blackford is justly best known as a Stuart chronicler, the most unique information given in the memoir is the description of how the Engineer Corps built the trenches at Petersburg. Blackford's endearing descriptions of his horses add a human touch.
Notes: Originally published: New York : Charles Scribner's, 1945.
Includes index.