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Hell Or Richmond (2013)

by Ralph Peters(Favorite Author)

4.28 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0765330482 (ISBN13: 9780765330482)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Forge Books

review 1: What was it like to be a regular Confederate or Union soldier in the spring of 1864 in Virginia? Ralph Peters has witten a fantastic story - outstanding research...the smallest details are included.Wow - - !!! I'm a historian and a Civil War re-enactor. I, for one, can appreciate the work that went into writing this story. You are there - with those men - in blue and grey. There is no glory. There is no honor. There is only six weeks of fighting and dying and filth and pain and suffering.One thing: this book is not for the faint of heart. It is graphic in its descriptions of war
review 2: I'm on page 128 and so far it doesn't beat "Cain at Gettysburg" by the same author; yet I remain hopeful that it will meet or exceed my expectations. I do like the author's... more characterizations of Grant, Meade and Lee. And it seems Peters sticks very close to the facts of the actual battle. I find myself continually referring to the maps on pages 30 and 138 and that's a good thing.Am near the end of the Battle of the Wilderness and the book is picking up speed. The dialogue is particularly convincing as it seems like real 'soldier talk' of the time. The author pulls no politically correct punches in that regard. In literature form this is about as close to the Battle of the Wilderness you can get. I will definitely finish this book. "You are there!"Finished the stellar account of the Battle of the Wilderness by Peters. I discovered the reason for what I was missing from "Cain," a certain poignancy and irony involved in the development of two characters, a private and a non com. In the "Authors Note" Peters explains that all the characters, low or high, in "Hell or Richmond" are based on actual historical individuals. The aforementioned characters in "Cain" were fictional so the author could take more creative license with them. Don't get me wrong, reading these two novels gives you more history than it does fiction. You will come away from either book with detailed knowledge of the battles, the personalities and beliefs of the men, and the titanic struggle between two civilizations. less

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