This memoir is a dramatic; intelligent first-person account of an Alabama regiment central to the Confederate campaign; written by its commander. From Seven Pines to Sharpsburg and Chancellorsville to Spotsylvania; the Third Alabama Regiment played a key role in the Civil War. One of the first infantry units from the Deep South to make the journey to Virginia in 1861; the Third Alabama was the first to cross the Potomac into Maryland and to enter the streets of Gettysburg in 1863. As the regiment’s leader and one of General Robert E. Lee’s brigade commanders; General Cullen Andrews Battle witnessed the extent of the many triumphs and sufferings of the Army of Northern Virginia. Trained as a journalist and lawyer; he records these events honestly and with compassion. Battle captures the courage of citizen soldiers fighting without prior military training; always paying tribute to the heroism of those under his command; while providing vivid accounts of some of the war’s bloodiest fights. He assesses Confederate mistakesparticularly at Seven Pines—and sheds light on the third Battle of Winchester; the only decisive defeat in which the regiment was involved. Brandon Beck’s introductory notes provide a thorough review of Battle’s life and valuable biographical information on soldiers under his command as well as on other officers in the Army of Northern Virginia. A worthwhile addition to all Civil War librariespublic or private Third Alabama! offers an informative; dramatic reading of the wartime activities of one of the Confederacy’s bravest fighting units.
#1222946 in Books Univ Of Minnesota Press 2005-12-15Original language:SpanishPDF # 1 9.00 x 1.00 x 5.88l; .95 #File Name: 0816646686344 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy CustomerIn good condition!0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. ExcellentBy Deborah SparksThe book is used in my Grad school class. Well written text. A concept of what is meant by modernity when related to cultures.6 of 11 people found the following review helpful. Hybrid Cultures: Strategies for Entering and Leaving ModernitiesBy Lee L'ClercNelson GarcÃa Canclini's Hybrid Cultures: Strategies for Entering and Leaving Modernity; originally published in 1989 as; Culturas hÃbridas: Estrategias para entrar y salir de la modernidad; mirrors a certain period; the XX century; and a few countries. This is not a book about hybrid cultures and modernism in Latin America; but about hybridization and modernity mainly in Mexico; Argentina; Brazil; with a few references to Colombia; Perú; and Venezuela. GarcÃa Canclini speaks of transculturation and hybrid cultures; yet he doesn't bother to acknowledge; for example; the work of the Cuban writer Fernando Ortiz; who coined the term; not thinks of considering the hybrid cultures in the Caribbean. About the Caribbean; there are two passing references to Cuba's music and Santeria; and not a single mentioning to any of its writers and artists: Wifredo Lam? Alejo Carpentier? Nicolas Guillen?--they must be Belgian.With the exception of the chapter on "Latin American Contradictions: Modernism without Modernization?"; the other chapters appear to be grounded on the opinions of others. Ironically; for a writer that at times is critical of Latin Americans for seeking their ideas elsewhere; or for appropriating early XX century European movements; N. GarcÃa Canclini is very much indebted to European and North American scholars. The title of the book should be: Hybrid Cultures: A Study of Modernity in Mexico; with References to Brazil and Argentina.
