What are you reading now?

[Thomas Thorne]

I am reading the British soldier, G.F.R. Henderson's 1898 classic "Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War."

I can see why it is considered the best pro Jackson book. But some of Henderson's facts are at variance with accepted history. e.g. Henderson wrote that Robert E Lee was Commander in Chief of the Confederate armies in the spring of 1862, before he assumed command of the Army of Northern Virginia. In reality Lee served during this period as a military adviser to Jefferson Davis.

In addition Henderson, a very professional soldier, had the naive pre WW1 belief that modern military staffs were so talented that military catastrophes were a thing of the past.

Tom