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“Fallen Leaders is a good read from its introduction to its last article. One’s attention is caught immediately by the rich background information about the Civil War deaths or downfalls of the mighty and the minor. Because of the short approach of vignettes, this collection may be enjoyed for a few minutes or a few hours as one chooses. Reading it is time well spent.” — Dr. Curt Fields, living historian, General Grant by Himself
“Beyond the engaging human-interest stories about leaders—famous and obscure—that we have learned to expect from Emerging Civil War, Fallen Leaders rewards us with a kaleidoscope of Civil War military history and insights into the nature of leadership, mythmaking, mythbusting, and collective memory.” — John Coski, author of Capital Navy: The Men, Ships, and Operations of the James River Squadron
“The Book of Common Prayer says, ‘Man that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live . . . he cometh up, and is cut down, like a flower.’ Many of the leaders featured in this excellent anthology were cut down—physically or politically—in the flowering of their lives. When reading each of these concise works, it is hard not to wonder how things might have been different had they survived the ordeal of our American Iliad. Huzzah to Emerging Civil War for bringing these deeply human stories to life on ground hallowed forever by, as Lincoln said, ‘what they did here.’” — David N. Duncan, president, American Battlefield Trust
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