The books by William Trotter that I'm reading, about North Carolina, are extremely interesting. Our Stand Watie might call him a "Marxist historian" - he introduces some class-based economic analysis, including the notion that Western North Carolina had something like a pre-industrial-proletariat. Curious, even if one disagrees ...
Anyway, at the point I've just reached, he's declared himself a big fan of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston! I don't believe I've ever come across such a thing :-); gives me something new to hunt for in the library.
Do you have an opinion on Johnston, Stainless, or a book to recommend?
TC - I don't have a book on Johnston handy. I have read little about him other than short passages in various books referring to Seven Pines and his defense of Richmond. If you find anything on him, I would be interested.
I searched my personal database and found nothing, but Amazon has a few entries for Joseph E. Johnston
Also, the Foxhole did a profile of Seven Pines in December