Rebel Yell, S. C.  Gwynne
Rebel Yell, S. C.  Gwynne
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Rebel Yell
The Violence, Passion and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson

Author: S. C. Gwynne

Narrator: Cotter Smith

Unabridged: 24 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/30/2014


Synopsis

Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the epic New York Times bestselling account of how Civil War general Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson became a great and tragic national hero.

Stonewall Jackson has long been a figure of legend and romance. As much as any person in the Confederate pantheon—even Robert E. Lee—he embodies the romantic Southern notion of the virtuous lost cause. Jackson is also considered, without argument, one of our country’s greatest military figures. In April 1862, however, he was merely another Confederate general in an army fighting what seemed to be a losing cause. But by June he had engineered perhaps the greatest military campaign in American history and was one of the most famous men in the Western world. Jackson’s strategic innovations shattered the conventional wisdom of how war was waged; he was so far ahead of his time that his techniques would be studied generations into the future.

In his “magnificent Rebel Yell…S.C. Gwynne brings Jackson ferociously to life” (New York Newsday) in a swiftly vivid narrative that is rich with battle lore, biographical detail, and intense conflict among historical figures. Gwynne delves deep into Jackson’s private life and traces Jackson’s brilliant twenty-four-month career in the Civil War, the period that encompasses his rise from obscurity to fame and legend; his stunning effect on the course of the war itself; and his tragic death, which caused both North and South to grieve the loss of a remarkable American hero.

About S. C. Gwynne

S.C. Gwynne is the author of His Majesty’s Airship, Hymns of the Republic, and the New York Times bestsellers Rebel Yell and Empire of the Summer Moon, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. He spent most of his career as a journalist, including stints with Time as bureau chief, national correspondent, and senior editor, and with Texas Monthly as executive editor. He lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Donna on June 25, 2017

Gwynne describes his biography of Jackson as an amateur effort, and as such, it is a strong one. He documents meticulously, using both primary documents and highly respected secondary sources. It is a sympathetic portrait of Jackson, generally speaking, although the author maintains a reasonable pro......more

Goodreads review by Jim on January 03, 2017

S.C. Gwynne sure knows how to tell a story. I was a little afraid that a 700-page book focused on one person in the Civil War would be a little tedious, but I couldn't have been more wrong. This book is fascinating. I got caught up in it like I normally would a novel. It's intense, sometimes really......more

Goodreads review by David on January 19, 2023

For all the reading I have done on the history of the United States, and of Americans that have made history, one of my biggest gaps is the era of the War Between the States. Through general education, I was introduced to the major personalities of that period. I have visited some of the battlefield......more

Goodreads review by robin on May 13, 2025

Stonewall Jackson's Way Before the battle of Antietam in September, 1862, an anonymous Southern poet wrote "Stonewall Jackson's Way", which was subsequently set to music and became a favorite Confederate song. The poem's second stanza offers the following description of Jackson. "We see him now, the o......more