General Grant and the Rewriting of History: How the Destruction of General William S. Rosecrans Influenced Our Understanding of the Civil War (Frank P. Varney - UA) belt buckle ” the brigade earned high

” the brigade earned high plaudits for its disciplined defensive efforts

Few words in any language invoke so much passion

military unit

"Rally them Blackford" by Francis Barnum depicts JEB Stuart and Blackford prior to arriving in Gettysburg

haunting its men with memories of slaughter from their crushing defeat there the previous December

General Grant and the Rewriting of History: How the Destruction of General William S. Rosecrans Influenced Our Understanding of the Civil War (Frank P. Varney - UA) belt buckle ” the brigade earned highGeneral Grant and the Rewriting of History: How the Destruction of General William S. Rosecrans Influenced Our Understanding of the Civil War by Frank Varney HONORABLE MENTION, 2014, ALBERT CASTEL AWARD In 1885, a former president of the United States published one of the most influential books ever written about the Civil War. An entire generation of Americans had eagerly awaited his memoirs and it has remained so popular that it has never gone out