Blog 3

So now onto blog 3.  I have forgotten to mention that the book I'm Reading is called Stonewall Jackson, by Jonathan Daniels, and Philip Katcher's The Complete Civil War.  Now the battle of first bull run has been won by the south and especially  Jackson's Stonewall brigade.  Jackson is promoted to Brigadier General immediately following the battle.  General R. E. Lee, commander of the army of northern Virginia, has made Jackson his right hand man.  The army is moving all around and up through maryland by september of 1862.  The North and South meet in the little town of Sharpsburg on Antietam Creek. There the next major battle of the Civil War is fought, the battle of Antietam. I only got through half of the battle, but I got through  the first day.  Lee knows that there is going to be a battle, and wants it here in the North. Jackson and his men are on the right flank taking on General Burnside over what will be known as the Burnside bridge.  This is as far as I've gotten in the book.  I am really much enjoying this book.  I gives me a different perspective of the war, seeing it through a southerners eyes. I enjoy that very much.