Reviews
"Having written an earlier novel and now a deeply researched historical narrative of the Battle of the Crater, Richard Slotkin knows more about this vicious and tragic fight than anyone. Particularly impressive is his ability to place tactical details in the larger military, political and racial context of the Civil War. The analysis of the role of black soldiers in the battle is the best such account anywhere."-James M. McPherson, Pulitzer Prize winning author and George Henry Davis1886 Professor Emeritus of American History at Princeton University "In this harrowing, clear-eyed account of the battle U.S. Grant himself called 'the saddest affair I have witnessed in this war,' Richard Slotkin vividly evokes the brutal reality of Civil War combatand recaptures the crucial role played by race in creating the Battle of the Crater's special fury."-Geoffrey C. Ward, author of The Civil War and The War: An Intimate History, 1941-1945 From the Hardcover edition., "Having written an earlier novel and now a deeply researched historical narrative of the Battle of the Crater, Richard Slotkin knows more about this vicious and tragic fight than anyone. Particularly impressive is his ability to place tactical details in the larger military, political and racial context of the Civil War. The analysis of the role of black soldiers in the battle is the best such account anywhere."-James M. McPherson, Pulitzer Prize winning author and George Henry Davis1886 Professor Emeritus of American History at Princeton University "In this harrowing, clear-eyed account of the battle U.S. Grant himself called 'the saddest affair I have witnessed in this war,' Richard Slotkin vividly evokes the brutal reality of Civil War combatand recaptures the crucial role played by race in creating the Battle of the Crater's special fury."-Geoffrey C. Ward, author ofThe Civil War and The War: An Intimate History, 1941-1945, "Having written an earlier novel and now a deeply researched historical narrative of the Battle of the Crater, Richard Slotkin knows more about this vicious and tragic fight than anyone. Particularly impressive is his ability to place tactical details in the larger military, political and racial context of the Civil War. The analysis of the role of black soldiers in the battle is the best such account anywhere."-James M. McPherson, Pulitzer Prize winning author and George Henry Davis1886 Professor Emeritus of American History at Princeton University
