Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Stone's River, the Turning-Point of the Civil War
But it was at Stone's River that the South was at the very pinnacle of confidence and warlike power; and it was here that she was halted and beaten back, - never again to exhibit such strength and menace. It was here that the tide of the Confederacy passed its ?ood, henceforth to re cede; here that its sun crossed the meridian and began its journey to the twilight and the dark. Southern valor was manifested in splendid lustre on many a field thereafter, but the capacity for sustained aggression was gone. After Stone's River, the Southern soldier fought to repel rather than to drive his foe.
Yet Stone's River was almost a tale of triumph for the Confederacy.
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