Lloyd Lewis (1) (1891–1949)

The author slowly desolves into hero worship. There a number of details in the book that were not well researched such his reference to John Bell Hood having lost an arm at Gettysburg. Hood lost the use of his arm not the physical arm. Obviously, when glaring errors like this are found then any reader would wonder about the rest of the work. My purpose for reading this was to get the perceptions of a generation that was much closer to the actual deeds. This it accomplished. I was rather shocked at the government's handling of our heroes after 25-30 years. Like the wholesale reduction of their pay by our congress. Even with these issues I would recommend it.… (mais)