Valley of the Shadow (Battle Hymn Cycle, 3) - Softcover

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<p>Winner of the 2015 Boyd Award for Literary Excellence in Military Fiction<br><i><br>New York Times</i> bestselling author Ralph Peters returns with <i>Valley of the Shadow</i>, the third installment in his Boyd Award-winning series on the Civil War<br><br>In the Valley of the Shadow, they wrote their names in blood.<br><br>The summer and autumn of 1864 witnessed some of the fiercest fighting of the American Civil War, from a daring Confederate raid that nearly seized Washington, D.C., to a stunning reversal on the bloody fields of Cedar Creek—mighty battles now all but forgotten.<br> The desperate struggle for mastery of Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley pitted a remarkable cast of heroes in blue and gray against each other: Philip Sheridan, a Union general with an uncanny gift for inspiring soldiers, and Jubal Early, his Confederate counterpart, stubborn and deadly; George Armstrong Custer, and the brilliant, courageous John Brown Gordon.<br> Ralph Peters brings to life yesteryear’s giants and their breathtaking battles. Sharp as a bayonet and piercing as a bullet, <i>Valley of the Shadow</i> is a great novel of our grandest, most-tragic war.</p>

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