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By Robin Friedman
In the Preface to his book "Fields of Honor" Ed Bearss describes himself as a "man of the battlefields" and so he is. For over fifty years, Bearss has been introducing people from all walks of life -- both Americans and people from other countries -- to the Civil War on the ground and in the trenches - by offering tours of both the great and the little-known battlefields of the conflict. With his booming voice, charisma, encyclopedic knowledge, love for his subject, and gift for the telling detail, Bearss is an inspiring teacher and historian indeed. Bearss is a former Chief Historian of the National Park Service, and he is familiar to many people who have never studied the Civil War or visited a battlefield from his appearances on PBS."Fields of Honor" is a collaborative effort between Bearss and the Blue and Gray Education Society, a nonprofit Civil War educational organization which sponsors tours, lectures and other efforts to teach people about the Civil War and its significance. Bearss has frequently led tours for the group. The book was prepared by transcribing tapes of the many tours Bearss has given over the years at key battlefields. The tapes were transcribed, edited, and placed into a coherent narrative, supplemented by many period photographs and maps. In 2010, Bearss, the Blue and Gray Society, and National Geographic published a follow-up version of transcripts from tours, "Receding Tide" which focuses on the pivotal Vicksburg and Gettysburg campaigns of the Civil War. Receding Tide: Vicksburg and Gettysburg: The Battles That Changed the Civil WarThe book begins in 1859, as Bearss guides the reader through John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry and its aftermath. He then narrates by year the key battles of the Civil War beginning with Fort Sumter and First Bull Run in 1861, proceeding through Shiloh and Antietam in 1862, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Vicksburg, and Chattanooga in 1863, Grant's bloody overland campaign in 1864, and Sherman's march through the Carolinas and Appomattox in 1865.The concluding chapter of the book details the history of the ironclad "Cairo" which was sunk by a Confederate mine in the Yazoo River in 1862. Bearss discovered the Cairo while working as a historian in Vicksburg in 1956, and, after a great deal of effort, the Cairo was raised in 1965 and finally put on display at Vicksburg in the mid-1980s. Bearss takes a great deal of justifiable pride in his efforts in recovering and restoring the Cairo.The battlefield narratives are fast-paced, informal, and full of action and story. The individuals who collated Bearss' tapes did an excellent job in keeping the oral and immediate character of Bearss' battlefield presentations. Thus, these tapes do not present a full, detailed account of the battles they describe. There is a voluminous literature on each of the individual battles discussed in this book. Further, Bearss' focus is on military activities. He spends little time on the causes of the war or on its political, social or economic impact. (Bearss does discuss Lee's surrender at Appomattox in the context of an effort towards the reconciliation of North and South. And he also frequently points out the role of African American soldiers in the battles.) Again, there is a vast and accessible literature on these matters available to interested readers.In reading these narratives, I tried to imagine myself on the battlefields with Bearss leading a group as we moved from place to place with Bearss recounting stories of movements, encounters, and persons. There is a cumulative impact in Bearss' narratives. They convey a feel for combat. More important, Bearss conveys to his readers or listeners a sense of the historical importance of the Civil War. It was a harsh, bitter conflict fought valiantly by soldiers both North and South. The meaning of the conflict for the United States remains to be determined and expanded upon by each generation. Bearss' efforts throughout the years and this book are inspiring beginnings to encourage reflection upon this crucial period in American history.Robin Friedman
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
By Andrew Walker
The hype for this book! "Every epic deserves a Homer. In Edwin Bearss, the Civil War may have finally got one." or "In Civil War circles, Ed Bearss is nothing short of a rock star." Hmm.The book is over 400 pages long and devotes around 20 pages to each of 20 key battles in the American Civil War. As the Introduction makes clear, Bearss gained fame as a curator and tour guide at Civil War battle sites; the idea of the book was to record and transcribe his accounts.The problem is it simply doesn't work. However rhythmic and engrossing his words are out loud, they don't spring off the page. It's all competent enough stuff, but battles quickly becoming way too confusing as one brigade fights another without the reader having any real idea which army each is from. The maps are few and not especially helpful. If you already know about particular battles, you won't learn much more. If you don't know about them already, you might end up with a general impression but not much more.If you want a historian's perspective try James McPherson "Battle Cry of Freedom". If you want a version that will stick in your mind and catch your imagination, try Michael Shaara's lightly fictionalised version of Gettysburg "Killer Angels", then read the prequel and sequel by Jeff Shaara.I'd avoid "Fields of Honor".
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By Sharon Hutchinson
Absolutely brilliant
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