Darkness at Chancellorsville: A Novel of Stonewall Jackson's Triumph and Tragedy

Ralph Peters' Darkness at Chancellorsville is a novel of one of the most dramatic battles in American history, from the New York Times bestselling, three-time Boyd Award-winning author of the Battle Hymn Cycle. Centered upon one of the most surprising and dramatic battles in American history, Darkness at Chancellorsville recreates what began as a brilliant, triumphant campaign for the Union?only to end in disaster for the North. Famed Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson bring off an against-all-odds surprise victory, humiliating a Yankee force three times the size of their own, while the Northern army is torn by rivalries, anti-immigrant prejudice and selfish ambition. This historically accurate epic captures the high drama, human complexity and existential threat that nearly tore the United States in two, featuring a broad range of fascinating?and real?characters, in blue and gray, who sum to an untold story about a battle that has attained mythic proportions. And, in the end, the Confederate triumph proved a Pyrrhic victory, since it lured Lee to embark on what would become the war's turning point?the Gettysburg Campaign (featured in Cain At Gettysburg).

Author: Ralph Peters

Publisher: Forge Books

Publication Date: July 14, 2020

Number of Pages: 384 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 0765381745

ISBN-13: 9780765381743