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A Worse Place Than Hell: How the Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg Changed a Nation
By Matteson, John
- ISBN
- 9780393247077
- Publisher
- Norton
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Reviewed on January 1, 2021 | Civil War Stories
Matteson's (Eden's Outcasts) sweeping collective biography is not a conventional study of the bloody Civil War battle at Fredericksburg, VA. While skillfully conveying the historical importance of the events of December 1862, he focuses on the significance of the battle in the lives of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., John Pelham, Walt Whitman, Arthur B. Fuller, and Louisa May Alcott. Pelham, daring fighter and sole Southerner of this group, died later in the war, while F...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
