RALPH PETERS is an award-winning, bestselling novelist; a
retired U.S. Army officer and former enlisted man; the author of
numerous works on strategy; and a popular media commentator. In
uniform and as a researcher and journalist, he has covered numerous
conflicts and trouble spots, from Africa to the Caucasus, from Iraq
to Pakistan.
Renowned for accuracy and authenticity, his Civil War writing,
under his own name and as Owen Parry, has won numerous prizes,
including the American Library Association's Boyd Award (three
times), the Hammett Prize, the Herodotus Award, and the Meade
Society's Order of Merit. In 2015, he received the Andrew J.
Goodpaster Prize as an outstanding American soldier-scholar. His
accomplished set of works includes the Battle Hymn series: Cain at
Gettysburg, Hell or Richmond, Valley of the Shadow, The Damned of
Petersburg, and Judgment at Appomattox.
"The final volume of Ralph Peters' series on the epic story of the
Army of the Potomac and Army of Northern Virginia from Gettysburg
to Appomattox lives up to the standard of high drama of its
predecessors. Here is fiction firmly rooted in historical sources,
dialogue that reflects the genuine vernacular, personalities true
to the characters they portray. If you thought you knew the Civil
War, read these books to discover how much you still had to learn."
--James McPherson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Battle Cry of
Freedom "Ralph Peters makes history come alive. His vivid prose
captures the burdens of command, the horrors and exhilarations of
combat, the hopes and fears of the soldiers--all with deep respect
for historical accuracy. Grant and Lee, Meade and Longstreet,
Sheridan and Gordon, and so many other historical figures emerge
from these pages as living, breathing human beings, teeming with
the range of motives and emotions that mark the human condition."
--Richard J. Sommers, author of Richmond Redeemed: The Siege of
Petersburg "Ralph Peters makes you see, taste, smell and hear
battle and brings to vivid life the long-dead warriors who fought
the Civil War. His award-winning Civil War series is fascinating
reading." --Stephen Coonts, New York Times bestselling author of
The Art of War "Ralph Peters brings to life the dramatic story of
the largely overlooked--yet most significant--campaign of the Civil
War. The reader becomes part of the armies, from Fort Stedman to
Lee's surrender. Another riveting narrative by this prolific
author." --Patrick A. Schroeder, Historian, Appomattox Court House
National Historical Park Once again a master of historical military
fiction has made real the sound and fury of the Civil War."
--Kirkus Reviews, starred review Superlative . . . [Peters] excels
at bringing well-known historical characters to life [and] captures
the harsh realities of common soldiers caught in the crossfire of
horrific historical circumstances . . . a master martial historian.
An absolute must-read for Civil War buffs." --Booklist "For those
who want to truly understand what the war was like for the men who
fought and endured it, there is no better reference than Ralph
Peters' five Civil War novels . . . superbly researched, richly
imagined, brilliantly written." --America's Civil War
Epic . . . battles explode from Ralph Peters' pen . . . with his
five-novel masterwork--from Gettysburg to Appomattox--Peters has
become one of our most important historians. --Washington Times
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