Reviews for Campaigning with "Old Stonewall": Confederate Captain Ujanirtus Allen's Letters to His Wife

The average rating for Campaigning with "Old Stonewall": Confederate Captain Ujanirtus Allen's Letters to His Wife based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-12-17 00:00:00 Randall Pyke While I have read more complete and comprehensive biographies, the enjoyable quality about this book is the fact that it was written by Theodore Roosevelt. At times, TR's personality (at least what I understand of it) comes through more so than Benton's. If learning about Benton is your goal, you may want to find another volume. If you're interested in viewing an influential antebellum Senator through the eyes of a man who will eventually become one of our great presidents, give the book a read.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-10-08 00:00:00 Sandra Golden Fascinating insight into the inner workings of the political apparatus of the United States in the decades leading to the Civil War. I have been working my way through presidential biographies and the name Thomas Hart Benton was repeatedly a prominent force administrations from Andrew Jackson to James Polk. I decided to break from the biographies of the presidents to get a deeper insight into the political views behind the name. Reading Theodore Roosevelt's personal opinions on his career was a real treat. One of the most accessible books I've read on a historical political figure I've ever read. Doubly interesting because the opinion is coming from the perspective of a person outside my own "modern" view.