I highly recommend Farwell's book, he is an excellent historian and gifted writer. He has written a whole host of books on the British and Indian Armies during the Victorian period and the Jackson biography was only his second work on the American Civil War (the first was a book on the battle at Ball's Bluff). He is as impartial on his subject as anyone can be, blowing away a lot of myths about the man and presenting a fair and balanced and well-documented account of Jackson and his life. And the real Jackson was far more impressive than his myths made him out to be. He was, arguably, the best general of the war. Certainly the best on the southern side.
I said in an earlier post that I have read Farwell's book, but didn't like it as well as I did Robertson's book.
And I agree with you... the real Jackson was by far more impressive than his myths made him out to be.
He was, arguably, the best general of the war.
Yes, he was. I would recommend to you the book "Lost Victories - The Military Genius of Stonewall Jackson" by Bevin Alexander.