Stonewall's Man: Sandie Pendleton

by W. G. Bean, Robert K. Krick (Foreword by)

Overview

First published by UNC Press in 1959, this biography tells the story of Alexander (Sandie) Swift Pendleton, a high-spirited and intelligent Confederate staff officer from Virginia who, at the age of twenty-two, won the confidence, admiration, and affection of Stonewall Jackson. Pendleton began as ordnance officer of the Stonewall Brigade of the Army of the Shenandoah in the spring of 1861. By January of 1863, he had become chief of staff of the famed Second Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia and was recognized as a brilliant staff officer—even as "Stonewall's Man." Wounded in the battle of Fisher's Hill, Pendleton died five days before his twenty-fourth birthday.
Based on diaries, letters, and manuscripts, the poignant and revealing story of Pendleton's life and Civil War experiences is set against a background of the campaigns in which he participated.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780807848753
Publisher:	The University of North Carolina Press
Publication date:	06/19/2000
Edition description:	1
Pages:	272
Sales rank:	1,026,004
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.61(d)

About the Author

W. G. Bean was Douglas Southall Freeman Professor of History at Washington and Lee University.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Robert K. Krick
Preface
I. The Boy
II. The Student
III. Apprenticeship to War
IV. The Valley Campaign
V. Chief of Staff
VI. Romance at Moss Neck
VII. "I Would Have Died for Him"
VIII. Summer in Pennsylvania
IX. Ewell, "Superannuated Chieftain"
X. The Belated Wedding
XI. Love and War
XII. "History Shall Yet Write Thy Name"
XIII. Epilogue
Bibliography
Index

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

In his perceptive biography of this talented and widely admired young Confederate officer, Bean takes the reader behind the scenes in the headquarters of Jackson, R. S. Ewell, and Jubal A. Early, the three generals under whom Pendleton served.—Saturday Review



A thoroughly convincing portrait.—Virginia Magazine of History and Biography



This story of youth, romance, and tragedy is intimate . . . as well as of wide implications.—Georgia Historical Quarterly

Editorial Reviews

Bean takes the reader behind the scenes in the headquarters of Jackson, R. S. Ewell, and Jubal A. Early.

"Saturday Review"

This story of youth, romance, and tragedy is intimate.

"Georgia Historical Quarterly"

"Bean takes the reader behind the scenes in the headquarters of Jackson, R. S. Ewell, and Jubal A. Early.

"Saturday Review""

"This story of youth, romance, and tragedy is intimate.

"Georgia Historical Quarterly""

A thoroughly convincing portrait.

"Virginia Magazine of History and Biography"

From the Publisher

[A] perceptive biography of this talented and widely admired Confederate Officer....in intimate detail drawn from family letters.

Saturday Review

[Bean's] treatment of [Pendleton's] gallant and distinguished military career, is....always interesting and sometimes moving.

North Carolina Historical Review

A thoroughly convincing portrait.

Virginia Mag. of History and Biography

A poignant story....of youth, romance, and tragedy.

Georgia Historical Quarterly