Title: One of the Lesser Known Civil War Battles
Product review: The Battle of Ball's Bluff came early in the Civil War. It was an accidental battle, neither side anticipating when and where it would happen, both sides hobbled by poor communications and misguided assumptions. Nevertheless, it had important consequences, since the Confederates won in a rout, engendering agonized soul-searching in the North and perhaps overconfidence in the South. James Morgan gives the reader a thoroughly researched and beautifully written moment-by-moment account of the battle. My only suggestion for improvement would be the inclusion of a map that puts the battlefield site in context with nearby populated areas and geographical features, which were involved in the events surrounding the battle.
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